hart
noun
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
hart
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[hahrt]
/ hɑrt /
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harts,
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hart
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Hart
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American
[hahrt]
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Albert Bushnell 1854–1943, U.S. editor, historian, and educator.
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Gary (Warren), born 1936, U.S. politician: senator 1975–87.
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Lorenz 1895–1943, U.S. lyricist.
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Moss, 1904–61, U.S. playwright and librettist.
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William S(hakespeare), 1872–1946, U.S. film actor.
Hart
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/ hɑːt /
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Lorenz. 1895–1943, US lyricist: collaborated with Richard Rodgers in writing musicals
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Moss. 1904–61, US dramatist: collaborated with George Kaufman on Broadway comedies and wrote libretti for musicals
hart
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/ hɑːt /
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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
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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
There was also a new piece from master of the Queen's music Judith Weir, who set to music the words of Psalm 42, "Like as the hart".
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2022
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
I watch one of Hrothgar’s bowmen pursue a hart.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
The Spurs 2016-17 team was the best in the league by most measures: best attack, best defence, fewest defeats, unbeaten at home in the last season of the old White Hart Lane.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Hart began to suspect Haddish was experiencing homelessness when he noticed that her car was filled with personal belongings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
After stretching her influence and fame all the way to Broadway with a run as Roxie Hart in “Chicago,” Leavitt recently announced she would not be back for more seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hart telling critics that “tasteless” jokes have always been part of any roast only intensified the ire.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“It is. Hart was her name before she married my dad. That’s the name she uses to write.”
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Closed-toe shoes and hard harts must be worn throughout the tour, and participants must be 18 or older.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2018
Summer or winter, snow or shine, be was running or galloping after boars and harts, and all the time his soul was somewhere else.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
It is not by good & dainty fare, by peace, & rest, and harts ease, in injoying ye contentments and good things of this world only, that preserves health and prolongs life.
From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford
Sovereigns of England from Henry IV. to Elizabeth changed about between supporters of harts, leopards, antelopes, bulls, greyhounds, boars and dragons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Four harts run across the branches of the tree and bite the buds.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
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