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hart

1

[ hahrt ]

noun

, plural harts, (especially collectively) hart.
  1. a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.


Hart

2

[ hahrt ]

noun

  1. Albert Bush·nell [boosh, -nl], 1854–1943, U.S. editor, historian, and educator.
  2. Gary (Warren), born 1936, U.S. politician: senator 1975–87.
  3. Lo·renz [lawr, -, uh, nts, lohr, -], 1895–1943, U.S. lyricist.
  4. Moss, 1904–61, U.S. playwright and librettist.
  5. William S(hakespeare), 1872–1946, U.S. film actor.

Hart

1

/ hɑːt /

noun

  1. HartLorenz18951943MUSMUSIC: lyricist Lorenz. 1895–1943, US lyricist: collaborated with Richard Rodgers in writing musicals
  2. HartMoss19041961MUSTHEATRE: dramatistMUSIC: librettist Moss. 1904–61, US dramatist: collaborated with George Kaufman on Broadway comedies and wrote libretti for musicals


hart

2

/ hɑːt /

noun

  1. the male of the deer, esp the red deer aged five years or more

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hart1

before 900; Middle English hert, Old English heorot; cognate with Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Old Norse hjǫrtr; akin to Latin cervus stag, Greek kórys helmet, crest

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hart1

Old English heorot; related to Old Norse hjörtr, Old High German hiruz hart, Latin cervus stag, Lithuanian kárve cow; see horn

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Example Sentences

Hart’s new book, Drug Use For Grown-Ups, is a bold and engaging effort to counter what he sees as generations of misinformation and moral grandstanding about drug use.

Hart is a cognitive scientist who teaches in the School of Business at George Mason University.

He has 711 career goals, and Hart became the 144th goaltender against whom Ovechkin has scored.

That group — Hart, Ayala, Wiggins, Morsell and Scott — has become Maryland’s best and most-used lineup during conference play.

Even though Hart didn’t seem like an obvious solution at that position, he has experience playing there.

Hart Electric LLC An Illinois- based manufacturer of electrical components, and H.I. Cable.

Coded references to risqué and sexual matters were catnip to the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter.

Crossover performer and Pervout.com owner Lance Hart avoids some of the increased risk his fellow colleagues face.

The best example of that would be my first year when Kevin Hart hosted, we wrote a sketch called “Foam Party.”

Paradoxically, it was never proved that Hart and Rice had sex.

Men were posted at certain places, to keep the hart within certain bounds.

Chaucer dreamt that he was one of the men posted to watch which way the hart went, and to keep the bounds.

Miss Hart was still not a favorite in the school, and no one seemed to realize this more keenly than did Miss Hart herself.

The knob under Genevieve's nerveless fingers clicked sharply, and Miss Hart raised her head with a start.

Miss Hart gave one look into Genevieve's eyes, then dropped her face into her hands and burst into tears.

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