Coeds

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Women who attend a school or college that admits both sexes, particularly in the United States
2. Female students enrolled alongside male students at a mixed-sex educational institution
3. Young women studying at a college or university where men and women are taught together

Etymology: "Coeds" is the plural of "coed," and the singular is the more revealing form. It is a clipping of "coeducational," a word built from "co-" (together) and "education," describing a school that admits both sexes. The shortened form came to name the female students themselves, the women sharing campus life with men in such institutions.