Harvard meaning

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1607-38; Eng. clergyman, in America: 1st benefactor of Harvard College.
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A surname​.
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Any of a number of places named for persons with the surname, including a city in Massachusetts.
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A university in Cambridge, MA named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.
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Origin of harvard

  • Patronymic surname from a Middle English variant of Hereward.
    From Wiktionary

Harvard Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • I could barely make out the emblem on the front of the Harvard Tee shirt it was so drenched in blood.

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