Ned
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛd/
- Rhymes: -ɛd
Proper noun
Ned
- A medieval diminutive of the male given name Edward.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):: Act II, Scene IV:
- But, sweet Ned, - to sweeten the name of Ned, I give thee this pennyworth of sugar
Derived terms
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