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proper noun (plural Swedes)
- A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
Translations: - French: Suédois , Suédoise
- German: Schwedin(de, Schwede, m, {{t+, de)f
- Spanish: sueca(es, sueco, m, t-, es)f
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noun
- (context, mainly, UK) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
- The plant from which this is obtained.
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The turnip.
Translations: - Dutch: koolraap
- French: rutabaga
- German: Kohlrí¼be
(trans-mid)
- Italian: ravizzone
Etymology: The Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700's -> Swedish turnip -> swede.
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