Harvard

Har·vard

1607-38; Eng. clergyman, in America: 1st benefactor of Harvard College

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Proper noun

A surname.
Any of a number of places named for persons with the surname, including a city in Massachusetts.
A university in Cambridge, MA named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.

Origin

Patronymic surname from a Middle English variant of Hereward.

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Jeans, sneakers and a Harvard tee shirt made up her attire.
We have someone from Harvard here who can't figure out the generator.
He entered Harvard College in the autumn of 1811, but almost at the outset his career was interrupted by an accident which affected the subsequent course of his life.
Gallatin tried to earn a living by teaching French in Harvard College, apparently not without success, but the cold and rigid civilization of New England repelled him, and he made his way to the South.
She was dressed in her Harvard tee shirt and pajama bottoms.

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