Harvard
har·vard
noun
1.
a university in Massachusetts
2.
(obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
Origin
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.
Phrases
- Harvard architecture
- Harvard comma
- Harvard format
- Harvard machine
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