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  • hart
    hart
    noun
    a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
  • Hart
    Hart
    noun
    Albert Bushnell 1854–1943, U.S. editor, historian, and educator.

hart

1 American  
[hahrt] / hɑrt /

noun

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


Hart 2 American  
[hahrt] / hɑrt /

noun

  1. Albert Bushnell 1854–1943, U.S. editor, historian, and educator.

  2. Gary (Warren), born 1936, U.S. politician: senator 1975–87.

  3. Lorenz 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 British  
/ hɑːt /

noun

  1. Lorenz. 1895–1943, US lyricist: collaborated with Richard Rodgers in writing musicals

  2. Moss. 1904–61, US dramatist: collaborated with George Kaufman on Broadway comedies and wrote libretti for musicals

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hart 2 British  
/ hɑːt /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of hart

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

Example Sentences

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For her part, Ann’s passion outpaced her spelling: “All my hart is ever thine.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

Nawfisde patna gone way to soon… we was just at magic and Kevin hart show together.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

The white hart chose her, and she was merciful enough to spare it.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2022

Man city v spurs at white hart lane in 2004.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2012

I watch one of Hrothgar’s bowmen pursue a hart.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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