Haverford

[hav-er-ferd]

noun

a township in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

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Contemporary Examples of haverford

Euler, 23, from the Villanova section of Montgomery County, was a star lacrosse player from The Haverford School.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams
Olivia Nuzzi
April 27, 2014
Scott befriended Brooks, 18, a 2013 graduate of The Haverford School.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams
Olivia Nuzzi
April 27, 2014
Scott, 25, graduated from The Haverford School, an all-boys, $33,000 per year prep school in the town of Haverford, in 2008.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams
Olivia Nuzzi
April 27, 2014
I was a freshman at Haverford College in 1975, and was literally besieged by my classmates.
Shanin Specter on His 50 Years With the Single Bullet Theory
Shanin Specter
November 8, 2013
Do I tell my clients that they should hold out for Haverford, Wesleyan or even Yale?
College Admissions Hell
Kathleen Kingsbury
April 3, 2009

Historical Examples of haverford

It was my privilege to visit Haverford in 1838, in "the day of small beginnings."
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
Thence we passed to Haverford West, where we had a great meeting, and all was quiet.
George Fox
George Fox
The weight is now in the library of Haverford College, near Philadelphia.
Archology and the Bible
George A. Barton
He has also bought controlling interest in the Haverford deal.
The Rover Boys on a Tour
Arthur M. Winfield
"Well, this will very likely be it," suggested Mr. Haverford blandly.
The "Genius"
Theodore Dreiser