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zeda

zeda is the alternative spelling of zayde.

Meaning of zayde

Noun

zayde (plural zaydes)

  1. (Jewish) grandfather
    • Perhaps, in these circumstances, he would greet his granddaughter as a zayde should, with love and affection.1974, Fran Ross, Oreo, →ISBN, page 207
  2. (Jewish) elderly man (as a term of respect)
    • The zayde is, as the hoary formula demands, gruff on the outside but wonderful to his horse and David...3 November 1975, John Simon, review of Lies My Father Told Me, New York Magazine page 74

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Forms of zeda

pluralzedas

Questions about zeda

What is zeda the alternative spelling of?
Zeda is the alternative spelling of zayde.

Words near zeda in the dictionary

  1. zed
  2. zed-bed
  3. zed-beds
  4. Zed-car
  5. Zed-cars
  6. zeda
  7. zedakah
  8. Zedd
  9. zedded
  10. Zeddies
  11. zedding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zeda (page history and authors); zayde (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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