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harvard

/ˈhɑɹvɚd/

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What does harvard mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho, named after the university.
  3. A city in McHenry County, Illinois.
More meanings (5)

proper noun

  1. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts (not the location of the university, which is in Cambridge, Middlesex County).
  2. A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska, named for the university.
  3. A university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.
  4. A person who attends, attended, or is likely to attend Harvard; by extension, a person very successful academically.
  5. (derogatory) a person who is nerdy, excessively privileged, pretentious

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈhɑɹvɚd/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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The young man had just returned from Harvard College, where he had spent the previous five years.
William Wells BrownClotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's DaughterProject Gutenberg ebook #241
Now it was that the influence of his Harvard education was seen in both his studies and his works.
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722
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The great controversy between Yale and Harvard now, is, which shall excel in brute force, and foot-ball seems to be the test.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485
Before he knew it his son had him out to his class-day spread at Harvard, and then he had his son on his hands.
William Dean HowellsThe Rise of Silas LaphamProject Gutenberg ebook #154
Thus it was no accident that gave birth to universities centuries before the common schools, that made fair Harvard the first flower of our wilderness.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206