the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet“the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee”“he doesn't know A from izzard”Synonyms: Zzzeezedezed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Izzard \Iz"zard\, n. (Zool.) See Izard. [1913 Webster]
Izzard \Iz"zard\, n. [Formerly ezed, prob. fr. F. et z['e]de and z.] The letter z; -- formerly so called.
Zed \Zed\, n. [F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta. See Zeta.] The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard. "Zed, thou unnecessary letter!" --Shak. [1913 Webster]