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Fordies

Fordies is the plural of Fordie.

Meaning of Fordie

Noun

Fordie (plural Fordies)

  1. (slang) A person involved with or supported by the Ford Foundation, an American private foundation with the mission of advancing human welfare.
    • These first "Fordies" (the youngsters were dubbed because of their Ford Foundation backing) have now completed their four years of college, […]1956, The PTA Magazine, volume 51, page 8

Questions about Fordies

What is Fordies the plural of?
Fordies is the plural of Fordie.

Words near Fordies in the dictionary

  1. Fordhouses
  2. Fordian
  3. Fordicidia
  4. fordid
  5. Fordie
  6. Fordies
  7. fordim
  8. fordimmed
  9. fordimming
  10. fordims
  11. fording

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