co-edn.adj.
/ˌkəʊˈɛd/, U.S. /ˈkoʊˌɛd/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
A. n.
1. Co-education; a co-educational institution or system.
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society > education > [noun] > systematic education > systems of
university extension1839
Philanthropinism1842
Arnoldismc1845
co-education1852
Pestalozzianism1859
kindergartenism1872
secularism1872
community education1873
Froebelism1879
co-ed1886
extramuralism1892
vocationalism1901
heurism1909
sandwich1913
Montessori1917
Montessorianism1917
Juku system1931
polytechnization1932
day release1936
essentialism1939
comprehensivization1958
multitracking1989
1886 L. M. Alcott Jo's Boys v. 104 Girls..ought not to study so much. Never liked co-ed.
1958 Listener 12 June 991/3 We are at a Secondary Modern ‘co-ed’.
2. A girl or woman student at a co-educational institution.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > female
studentess1834
co-ed1893
1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I
1903 Independent 12 Feb. 369/2 Any college where the girls are commonly called ‘co-eds’ is not a truly co-educational institution.
1910 E. A. Walsott Open Door ix. 107 ‘Tommy, did I ever deceive you?’ ‘Once—'twas about that black eyed co-ed.’
1928 Morning Post 20 Oct. 8/3 In some of the ultra-modern American Universities, where ‘co-eds’ abound.
1931 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vi. 315 A college girl, what they call over there a co-ed.
1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 60 Enormous novels by co-eds Rain down on our defenceless heads.
1970 Daily Tel. 6 May 34/3 Undergraduates and co-eds sought more violent or dramatic ways of expressing their feelings.
B. adj.
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1. Co-educational.
2. Of or pertaining to a co-ed (sense A. 2).
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society > education > [adjective] > system of education
Lancasterian1807
heuristical1819
Pestalozzian1826
heuristic1844
progressive1860
Philanthropinist1864
Chautauqua1873
Froebelian1873
Fröbel1875
co-educational1881
extramural1884
Arnoldian1888
co-ed1889
Montessori1912
Montessorian1912
work–study1924
essentialist1938
bilateral1947
Piagetian1960
open-ended1961
home-schooling1963
Nuffield1964
binary1965
society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [adjective] > female student
co-ed1889
1889 Pueblo (Colorado) Opinion 21 July 2/2 A Newport Story, a ‘Co-Ed.’ Story..are some of the attractions of Demorest Monthly Magazine for August.
1895 Bachelor Arts Monthly May 113 There is even danger that soon ‘co-ed’ institutions will degenerate into mere matrimonial agencies.
1949 R. Graves Seven Days in New Crete vi. 71 I went to a co-ed school in Switzerland. I was the head girl.
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n.adj.1886