Steed is a
working animal
A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks. Some are used for their physical strength (e.g. oxen and draft horses) or for transportation (e.g. riding horses and camels), while oth ...
, especially a horse, used as a mount (especially for warfare).
Steed may also refer to:
People with the name
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Steed Malbranque (born 1980), French footballer
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Edward Steed (born 1987), British cartoonist
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Joel Steed (born 1969), American football player
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Maggie Steed
Maggie Steed (born Margaret Baker; 1 December 1946) is an English actress and comedian.
Career
After studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol in the late 1960s, Steed left the theatre for several years, until she was about ...
(born 1946), British actress
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Michael Steed
Michael Steed (25 January 1940 – 30 August 2023) was a British psephologist, political scientist, broadcaster, activist and Liberal Democrat politician. He wrote extensively on political parties and elections.
Education and early life
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(born 1940), British political scientist
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Thomas W. Steed (1904–1973), American air force commander
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Thomas Joseph Steed (1826–1910), Mormon pioneer
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Tom Steed (1904–1983), American politician
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Trent Steed (born 1977), Australian swimmer
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Wickham Steed
Henry Wickham Steed (10 October 1871 – 13 January 1956) was an English journalist and historian. He was editor of ''The Times'' from 1919 to 1922.
Early life
Born in Long Melford, England, Steed was educated at Sudbury Grammar School ...
(1871–1956), British journalist and historian
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional characters
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Emma Steed, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
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John Steed
Major The Hon. John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed usually known as John Steed, is a fictional character and the central protagonist on the 1960s British spy series '' The Avengers'' and its 1970s sequel '' The New Avengers'', played by Patric ...
, fictional character in the television series ''The Avengers''
*The Steed family, the fictional main protagonists of ''
The Work and the Glory
''The Work and the Glory'' (also known as ''The Work and the Glory: Pillar of Light'') is a 2004 historical fiction drama film directed by Russell Holt, from a script co-written by Gerald N. Lund and Russell Holt. Based on Lund's novel titled '' ...
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Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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Steed Records
Steed Records was a record label founded by songwriter-record producer Jeff Barry in 1967 in New York City. The label was active until 1971. It was first distributed by Dot Records, then by Gulf+Western's Famous Music Group after it absorbed D ...
, American record label
*"The Steeds of Time", in the ''
God of War II
''God of War II'' is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). First released for the PlayStation 2 on March 13, 2007, the game is the second installment in the ''God of ...
'' video game
Other uses
*Steed, a
unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since Classical antiquity, antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn (anatomy), horn projecting from its forehead.
In European literature and art, the unico ...
like animal on British seal
*Steed, the Yorkshire tennis partnership of Stephen Iveson and Edward Harrison
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13715 Steed, main-belt asteroid
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Great Wall Steed, Chinese pickup truck
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Send tape echo echo delay, an audio recording effect
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USS ''W. L. Steed'' (ID-3449), United States Navy tanker ship
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The Steed'', a 2019 film
See also
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Stead (disambiguation)
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Steede (disambiguation) Steede is a surname common in Bermuda. Notable people with the name include:
*Albert Steede (born 1968), Bermudian cricketer
*Kwame Steede (born 1980), Bermudian footballer
*London Steede-Jackson (born 1994), Bermudian footballer
*Ottis Steede (bor ...
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