Noun: swede
| Singular | swede |
| Plural | swedes |
Sample Sentences
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Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede. [2005, The Spectator, volume 299, page 49:]
Nouns inflected like swede
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.
Verbs referencing "swede"
Irish Nouns
svaeid.