john harvard

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsHarvard

   Broaderphilanthropist

Questions about john harvard

What does john harvard mean?

john harvard means "American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)".

What is another word for john harvard?

Close synonyms include Harvard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is john harvard a common word?

john harvard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.