Howard
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Catherine, c1520–42, fifth wife of Henry VIII.
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Sir Ebenezer, 1850–1928, English town planner.
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Henry. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
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John Winston, born 1939, prime minister of Australia 1996–2007.
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Leslie Leslie Stainer, 1893–1943, English actor.
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Roy Wilson, 1883–1964, U.S. editor and newspaper publisher.
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Sidney (Coe) 1891–1939, U.S. playwright and short-story writer.
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a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “brave heart.”
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Catherine. ?1521–42, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England; beheaded
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Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham and 1st Earl of Nottingham. 1536–1624, Lord High Admiral of England (1585–1618). He commanded the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada (1588)
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Sir Ebenezer. 1850–1928, English town planner, who introduced garden cities
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See Surrey
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John. 1726–90, English prison reformer
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John Winston. born 1939, Australian politician; prime minister of Australia (1996–2007)
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Leslie. real name Leslie Howard Stainer. 1890–1943, British actor of Hungarian descent. His many films included The Scarlet Pimpernel (1938), Pygmalion (1938), and Gone With the Wind (1939)
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Trevor. 1916-88, British actor. His many films include Brief Encounter (1946), The Third Man (1949), Ryan's Daughter (1970), and White Mischief (1987)
Example Sentences
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She also paired Samira’s Howard University sweatshirt with biker shorts a la Princess Diana.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
A police shooting on the 405 freeway has shut down all northbound lanes at Howard Hughes Parkway not far from Los Angeles International Airport, according to the California Highway Patrol.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The academics who weigh in—Timothy Naftali of Columbia; Leah Wright Rigueur of Johns Hopkins; Ibram X. Kendi of Howard University; Douglas Brinkley of Rice—often do so with a personal perspective on what’s important.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick called it "outrageous", "insulting" and "disrespectful".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
From the window of the listening post in the Howard Johnson’s, McCord’s assistant watched the Watergate building through a pair of binoculars.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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