Harvard.
A surname transferred from the given name.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the given name.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho, named after the university.
A place in the United States: A city in McHenry County, Illinois.
A place in the United States: A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts (not the location of the university, which is in Cambridge, Middlesex County).
A place in the United States: A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska, named for the university.
A university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.
A person who attends, attended, or is likely to attend Harvard; by extension, a person very successful academically.
A person who attends, attended, or is likely to attend Harvard; by extension, a person very successful academically. a person who is nerdy, excessively privileged, pretentious
Where this word comes from
A variant of Harward reflecting the merger of /v/ and /w/ in the dialects of southeastern England; thus from Middle English Herward, Herreward, itself from Old English Hereweard and a doublet of Harward and Hereward. Compare German Herwarth.
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