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  • L.H.D.
    L.H.D.
    abbreviation
    Doctor of Humane Letters.
  • lhd
    lhd
    abbreviation
    left-hand drive

L.H.D.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Doctor of Humane Letters.

  2. Doctor of Humanities.

lhd British  

abbreviation

  1. left-hand drive

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of L.H.D.

From New Latin Litterārum Humāniōrum Doctor

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For making it possible in a still young nation to celebrate old age, University of Massachusetts James Baldwin, L.H.D., writer.

From Time Magazine Archive

James Reston, L.H.D., columnist and vice president of the New York Times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dolores Reade Hope, L.H.D., wife, mother and community leader.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smith College Pearl Anderson Wanamaker, superintendent of public instruction in the state of Washington L.H.D.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professor Nelson was graduated with the class of 1867, later taking the M.A. degree; the college further honored him and itself by conferring the degree of L.H.D. in 1902.

From A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 by Lehman, Edwin Partridge

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