Term for a particular class of British youth of the 1950s, also known as a Teddyboy. Named for the so-called "Edwardian look" of the early 1950s. Teds often adopted American accents and listened to American rockabilly music.
"When the Ted stole the sophisticatedEdwardian look from the Saville Row dandies who had pioneered it, he did so like some Indian brave looting the uniform from one of Custer’s dead." (The Daily Mirror, Sept. 1953)