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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.

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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.

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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

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hart ² British  

/ hɑːt /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hart
  plural
• harts
  plural

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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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Example Sentences

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Richard II, whose crest was a white hart, was said to have inspired the pub's name when he reportedly spent the night there in the 15th Century.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

In medieval illuminations, the hart of St. Eustace/St. Hubert appears with a crucifix suspended between its antlers, which have 10 prongs to represent each of the Ten Commandments.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2016

That instant was I turn’d into a hart And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, E’er since pursue me.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2010

But my father were that good in his hart that he couldn’t abear to be without us.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

When St. Bernard coach Dean Herrington was throwing passes to his No. 1 target, Dale Frack, in 1981 at Hart High, the chemistry between the two was legendary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Hopefully we can figure this out,” Hart said of his contract impasse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Kenny is relishing the role, barely able to disguise his pleasure as Miranda Hart confided to him over breakfast that "you're my main faithful".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Melissa Joan Hart is coming up on six years in Music City, after relocating from Connecticut with her husband, Mark Wilkerson, and their three sons.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“You really are looking a little pale, Win,” Ms. Hart said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

They ar the treasures of weak harts and of the foolishe.

From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt

The survivors will no dout erect a monument over the remains of there brave and darin comrads, beerin the inskripshun "Dide of broken harts."

From The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

Shall we whose harts are litened With Rye, and cake and wine, Shall we to Cuff and Dinah Give nought but crust and rine?

From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith

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