Harvard
['hɑ:vəd] or ['hɑvəd]
Definition
(noun.) American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638).
Edited by Davy--From WordNet
Examples
- The word was taken up by the students of Harvard University, and gradually spread throughout the whole country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Tyler was a graduate of Harvard, and had a very clear enunciation, and, in sharp contrast to Prentice, he was a large man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the Boston telegraph office at that time, as perhaps at others, there were operators studying to enter college; possibly some were already in attendance at Harvard University. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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