Usually means: Enthusiastic expert in specialized subjects.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word nerd:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. nerd: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. nerd: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nerd: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nerd: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nerd: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nerd, nerd: Wordnik
  7. nerd: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. NERD, nerd: Wiktionary
  9. nerd: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nerd: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nerd: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. nerd: Dictionary.com
  13. nerd: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. nerd: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. N.E.R.D, NERD (band), NERD (sabermetrics), NERD, Nerd (disambiguation), Nerd, The Nerd (play), The Nerd: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. nerd: Rhymezone
  17. NERD, nerd: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. nerd: Free Dictionary
  19. nerd: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. nerd: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nerd: Netlingo
  2. nerd: CCI Computer
  3. nerd: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. NERD: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. nerd, nerd: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nerd: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. N.E.R.D, N.E.R.D, the nerd: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nerd: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

(Note: See nerding as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
noun:  (informal, sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
noun:  (informal, sometimes derogatory) A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, technology, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media. [from 1980s]
noun:  (informal, sometimes derogatory, dated) One who is socially inept or unattractive, but often brainy; a social outcast.
noun:  Initialism of nonerosive reflux disease.
noun:  (computing) Alternative form of NERDS [(computing) A stack of technologies used to develop web applications.]

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