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Rudd

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/'rʌd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rud)

Inflections of 'rudd' (n): npl: rudd

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Rudd /rʌd/ n
  1. Kevin (Michael). born 1957, Australian politician: leader of the Labor Party (2006–10 and 2013); Prime Minister (2007–2010 and 2013)
  2. Steele, pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis, 1868–1935, Australian author. His works include On Our Selection (1899), Our New Selection (1902), Back at Our Selection (1906) and Grandpa's Selection (1916) which featured the characters Dad and Dave
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rudd (rud),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fisha European, freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, of the carp family.
  • 1600–10; apparently special use of rud redness (now dialect, dialectal), Middle English rude, Old English rudu; compare red1, ruddy

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rudd /rʌd/ n
  1. a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, having a compressed dark greenish body and reddish ventral and tail fins
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from dialect rud red colour, from Old English rudu redness
'Rudd' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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