hart

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\ ˈhärt

Definition of hart

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chiefly British

: the male of the red deer especially when over five years old : stag — compare hind

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Albert Bushnell 1854–1943 American historian and editor

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Lorenz 1895–1943 American lyricist

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Moss 1904–1961 American librettist and dramatist

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Oliver 1948– American (British-born) economist

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Sir Robert 1835–1911 British diplomat

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William S(urrey) 1872–1946 American actor

Examples of hart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun One side of the exterior (featuring the royal arms of France and England) suffers from water damage; the other pictures a white hart with crown and chains, the king’s personal emblem, sitting on rosemary branches. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, "A Mystery Meets the Mystical," 17 Jan. 2020 Each wears a badge: the hart that is the king’s personal symbol—hardly an ecclesiastical motif. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, "A Mystery Meets the Mystical," 17 Jan. 2020

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History and Etymology for hart

Noun

Middle English hert, going back to Old English heorot, heort "hart, stag," going back to Germanic *heruta- "horned animal" (whence also Old Saxon hirut "stag," Old High German hiruz, hirz "deer, red deer, stag," Old Norse hjǫrtr), from *her- "horn" (going back to Indo-European *ḱer-) + *-uta-, suffix of animal names — more at horn