Harvard

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H0075700 (här′vərd), John 1607-1638. English-born American cleric and philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that now bears his name.

Har•vard

(ˈhɑr vərd)

n. John, 1607–38, English clergyman in the U.S.: benefactor of Harvard College.

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Noun	1.	Harvard - a university in MassachusettsHarvard UniversityIvy League - a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestigeCambridge - a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	2.	Harvard - American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)John Harvard

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Harvard,

town (1990 pop. 12,329), Worcester co., E central Mass.; inc. 1732. A Shaker house and cemetery, a Native American museum, and a Harvard observatory are there. A museum on the site of Fruitlands, a cooperative vegetarian community founded by Bronson AlcottAlcott, Bronson
, 1799–1888, American educational and social reformer, b. near Wolcott, Conn., as Amos Bronson Alcox. His meager formal education was supplemented by omnivorous reading while he gained a living from farming, working in a clock factory, and as a peddler in
..... Click the link for more information. , is in the area. Nearby Fort Devens closed in 1996.

Harvard

the first American college (1636). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1200]See: Firsts

Harvard

Related to Harvard: Harvard Law

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noun a university in Massachusetts

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Harvard University

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Ivy League
Cambridge

noun American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)

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John Harvard