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Stan⋅ford

  [stan-ferd]
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–noun
1. (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
2. a male given name.
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Stan·ford   (stān'fərd)   
American financier of the Central Pacific Railroad (built 1863-1869) and founder of Stanford University (1885).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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