hart
noun
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
hart
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[hahrt]
/ hɑrt /
noun
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harts,
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hart
plural
Hart
2
American
[hahrt]
/ hɑrt /
noun
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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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British
/ hɑːt /
noun
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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 /
noun
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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
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
Man city v spurs at white hart lane in 2004.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2012
A white hart had been sighted in the kingswood, and Lord Renly and Ser Barristan had joined the king to hunt it, along with Prince Joffrey, Sandor Clegane, Balon Swann, and half the court.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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
The entire Hart Senate Office Building was closed for nearly 100 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
By 2029, potential Democratic members of the class of 2026—Roy Cooper, Mr. Brown, Mary Peltola, Josh Turek, Abdul El-Sayed and company—would all be ensconced in the Dirksen, Russell and Hart office buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
"It was fascinating seeing Jerry and Hannah come back," said Miranda Hart.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Jane “Janey” Hart, the mother of eight children and wife of a senator, shared her testing with Gene Nora Stumbough.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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
But Sir Thomas Lucy was an extensive game-preserver, and owned at Charlecote a warren in which a few harts or does doubtless found an occasional home.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
The harts likewise, in troops taking their flight, Raising the dust, the mountain-fast forsake.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
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