Harvard

Surname from a dialectal Middle English variant of Hereward. Cognate with German Herwarth.

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹvəɹd/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːvəd/
  • (Boston) IPA^(key): [haːvɪd], [haːvəd], [(h)äːvəd]

Harvard

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. Any of a number of places named for persons with the surname, including a city in Massachusetts.
3. A university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.

• Harvard architecture
• Harvard comma
• Harvard format
• Harvard machine
• Harvardian
• Harvardiana

• “Harvard”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Harvard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Harvard”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Harvard” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Unadapted borrowing from English Harvard.

Harvard f

1. Harvard (university in Cambridge)