ded

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noun

A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

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Meanings

ded1

adjectiveded (comparative more ded, superlative most ded)

comparative more ded · superlative most ded

  1. alternativecolloquialespeciallyhumorousnonstandardlong obsolete outside eye-dialectAlternative form of dead.

ded2

nounded (plural deds)

plural deds

  1. slangA person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

DED3

nounDED (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of Dutch elm disease.

DEd4

noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Doctor of Education.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna doctor's degree in education

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Doctor of EducationEdD
Broader
doctor's degreedoctorate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Russian military slang дед (ded, “soldiers after their third or fourth half-year of compulsory military service”, literally “grandfather”).

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APA

ded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ded

MLA

“ded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ded. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ded.

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