Harvard

proper noun

1. 1

   A surname transferred from the given name.

2. 2

   A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho, named after the university.

3. 3

   A place in the United States: A city in McHenry County, Illinois.

4. 4

   A place in the United States: A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts (not the location of the university, which is in Cambridge, Middlesex County).

5. 5

   A place in the United States: A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska, named for the university.

6. 6

   A university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.

   The Harvard psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker appeared on the podcast of Aporia, an outlet whose owners advocate for a revival of race science and have spoken of seeking “legitimation by association” by platforming more mainstream figures.

7. 7

   A person who attends, attended, or is likely to attend Harvard; by extension, a person very successful academically.

   I'd finished my second year at Harvard when I boarded the Penn Trader […] Not surprisingly. my name became Harvard. "Hey Harvard, get your ass back to the lazarette and bring me another bucket of red lead!"

   Lu had skipped second grade and found herself at the gifted school by the time she entered fifth grade. That more had earned her the nickname Harvard—another moniker from Lex. […] "Hey, Harvard, how was school today? Did you skip any more grades this week?" he had teased.

   He seethed about being the butt of anti-Harvard antics by the golden boy traders. Hey, Harvard, get me coffee."

   Because any reasonably bright engineering team would eat the Ivy Leaguers alive: "Hey, Harvard, can you walk through this stack trace with me?"

8. 8

   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

   Don't mind her, kiddos. Miss Harvard ain't used to gettin' her hands dirty.

   I don't have anything to say about "Feast of Blood," because any idiot can understand it, unless they have an Ivy League education and start looking for allegories and metaphors and what have you. Hey Harvard, guess what: there aren't any. It's a story, not a dissertation. Symbolism is for pussies, you read it here first

   "What a nerd." he said. "Is that why they call you Harvard?"