Definitions for Howard
ˈhaʊ ərdHoward

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1. Howardnoun

   A patronymic surname.

   Henry Howard, the most noble Earl of Surry, who flourishing in the time of King Henry the 8.th, as his name is sufficiently famous for the martial exploits of that family for many generations, so deserves he, had he his due, the particular fame of learning, wit, and poetic fancy

   Etymology: Medieval personal name from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hár ("high") + varðr ("guard") . In some cases a variant of Heward, from Old French Huard.[1]

2. Howardnoun

   A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred back from the surname. Short form: Howie.

   "King Howard Kashpaw, Junior," said his new teacher. "Which one of those names would you like to be called?"

   Etymology: Medieval personal name from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hár ("high") + varðr ("guard") . In some cases a variant of Heward, from Old French Huard.[1]

3. Howardnoun

   A small city, the county seat of Elk County, Kansas, United States.

   Etymology: Medieval personal name from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hár ("high") + varðr ("guard") . In some cases a variant of Heward, from Old French Huard.[1]

4. Howardnoun

   A small city, the county seat of Miner County, South Dakota, United States.

   Etymology: Medieval personal name from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hár ("high") + varðr ("guard") . In some cases a variant of Heward, from Old French Huard.[1]

5. Howardnoun

   Howard University.

   Etymology: Medieval personal name from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hár ("high") + varðr ("guard") . In some cases a variant of Heward, from Old French Huard.[1]

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1. Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainernoun

   English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

2. Howard, Catherine Howardnoun

   Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)

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1. Howard

   Howard is a village in Brown and Outagamie counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 17,399 at the 2010 census. All of this population resided in the Brown County portion of the village. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is mostly within Brown County; a small portion extends west into Outagamie County. It is bordered to the east by Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan. Prior to being incorporated as the Village of Howard, the Town of Howard was commonly referred to as "Duck Creek" because of the Duck Creek waterway winding its way through the village.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Howard' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3607

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1. Alex

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Howard in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Howard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Howard in a Sentence

1. Julie Lewis:

   How weird man that your name is Howard Mann

2. Chadwick Boseman:

   Having studied at Howard( a historically black university in Washington, DC) and having various different experiences within our culture, I knew it was an opportunity to pull from real things, real achievements, real African culture and place it in this movie to make it real, if anybody believes that Africa didn't have an empire, didn't have architecture, didn't have art, didn't have science, you see it in this movie.

3. Jo Ann Frevele:

   Back in the'50s, we used to go to New Jersey all the time from Long Island, and there used to be all Howard Johnson's along the rest areas.

4. Matthiu Lamoure:

   We were overcome with emotion. Probably much like Lord Carrington and Howard Carter, on being the first for centuries to enter Tutankhamun's tomb, it really is a treasure trove. No doubt a once-in-a-lifetime discovery.

5. David Edwards:

   Even open-minded people will often find themselves unable to take seriously the likes of [Noam] Chomsky, [Edward] Herman, [Howard] Zinn and [Susan] George on first encountering their work; it just does not seem possible that we could be so mistaken in what we believe. The individual may assume that these writers must be somehow joking, wildly over-stating the case, paranoid, or have some sort of axe to grind. We may actually become angry with them for telling us these terrible things about our society and insist that this simply 'can't be true'. It takes real effort to keep reading, to resist the reassuring messages of the mass media and be prepared to consider the evidence again. - David Edwards

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