Definition of Harvard

1. Noun. A university in Massachusetts.

Exact synonyms: Harvard University
Generic synonyms: University
Group relationships: Ivy League
Group relationships: Cambridge

2. Noun. American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638).
Exact synonyms: John Harvard
Generic synonyms: Altruist, Philanthropist

Definition of Harvard

1. Proper noun. (surname from=given names) ¹

2. Proper noun. Any of a number of places named for persons with the surname, including a city in Massachusetts. ¹

3. Proper noun. A university in Cambridge, MA named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harvard

Hartman
Hartman's solution
Hartmanian
Hartmann
Hartmann's curette
Hartmann's operation
Hartmann's solution
Hartmannian
Hartnup
Hartnup disease
Hartnup disorder
Hartnup syndrome
Hartogs number
Hartree-Fock approximation
Haruspice
Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard comma
Harvard commas
Harvard format
Harvard formats
Harvardian
Harvardians
Harvery Williams Cushing
Harvest Festival
Harvey
Harvey Wallbanger
Harvey sarcoma virus

Literary usage of Harvard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Outlook 112:300-1 F 9 '16 harvard university harvard and preparedness. ... Outlook 112:600 Mr 1Б '16 harvard tradition. School and Soc 4:713-14 N 4 '16 ..."

2. Who's who in America by Albert Nelson Marquis (1899)
"harvard University. harvard College, from its foundation in 1636 until the establishment of professorships in Medicine in 1782, comprised the whole of the ..."

3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"harvard AND YALE BIRTH RATES Graduates of Men's Colleges Do Not Make Satisfactory Showing, But Are Yet 50 to 100% Ahead of Graduates of Women's Colleges THE ..."

4. The Astrophysical Journal by American Astronomical Society, University of Chicago (1898)
"MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND NOTES THE harvard CONFERENCE. THE selection of the harvard College Observatory as the place of meeting for the Second Annual ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"GH PARKER, harvard University. The suction efficiency of a California sea-anemone. WT BOVIE, harvard University. Visible effects of Schumann rays on ..."

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