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ˈhaʊ ərdhoward

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainernoun

    English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

  2. Howard, Catherine Howardnoun

    Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)

Wiktionary

  1. Howardnoun

    A patronymic surname.

    Henry Howard, the most noble Earl of Surry, who flourishing in the time of King Henry the 8.th, as his name is sufficiently famous for the martial exploits of that family for many generations, so deserves he, had he his due, the particular fame of learning, wit, and poetic fancy

  2. Howardnoun

    A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred back from the surname. Short form: Howie.

    "King Howard Kashpaw, Junior," said his new teacher. "Which one of those names would you like to be called?"

  3. Howardnoun

    A small city, the county seat of Elk County, Kansas, United States.

  4. Howardnoun

    A small city, the county seat of Miner County, South Dakota, United States.

  5. Howardnoun

    Howard University.

  6. Etymology: Medieval personal name from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hár ("high") + varðr ("guard"). In some cases a variant of Heward, from Old French Huard.[1]

Wikipedia

  1. Howard

    Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German *Hugihard "heart-brave", or *Hoh-ward, literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probably in some cases a confusion with the Old Norse cognate Haward (Hávarðr), which means "high guard" and as a surname also with the unrelated Hayward. In some rare cases it is from the Old English eowu hierde "ewe herd". In Anglo-Norman the French digram -ou- was often rendered as -ow- such as tour → tower, flour (western variant form of fleur) → flower, etc. (with svarabakhti). A diminutive is "Howie" and its shortened form is "Ward" (most common in the 19th century). Between 1900 and 1960, Howard ranked in the U.S. Top 200; between 1960 and 1990, it ranked in the U.S. Top 400; between 1990 and 2004, it ranked in the U.S. Top 600. People with the given name Howard or its variants include:

ChatGPT

  1. howard

    Howard is primarily a male given name, of Old Norse origin, derived from "Hávarðr," which means "high guard." It can also be a surname used in English-speaking countries. Notable people with the name include Howard Hughes, an American business magnate, and Howard Carter, a British archaeologist. Additionally, Howard University is a prominent historically black university in Washington, D.C.

Wikidata

  1. Howard

    Howard is a village in Brown and Outagamie counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 17,399 at the 2010 census. All of this population resided in the Brown County portion of the village. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is mostly within Brown County; a small portion extends west into Outagamie County. It is bordered to the east by Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan. Prior to being incorporated as the Village of Howard, the Town of Howard was commonly referred to as "Duck Creek" because of the Duck Creek waterway winding its way through the village.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HOWARD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Howard is ranked #75 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Howard surname appeared 264,826 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 90 would have the surname Howard.

    64.3% or 170,310 total occurrences were White.
    29.4% or 78,097 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 6,515 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.3% or 6,276 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.8% or 2,304 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 1,324 total occurrences were Asian.

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'HOWARD' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3607

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HOWARD in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HOWARD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of HOWARD in a Sentence

  1. Ted Morgan:

    Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.

  2. Kathy Hochul:

    I agree with Howard Zucker decision, howard Zucker worked hard through the pandemic, and I want to thank Howard Zucker for Howard Zucker service on behalf of the people of the state.

  3. Kenneth Gray:

    I have seen speculation that Rosenbergs sentence was commuted based upon the connection between her former attorney Howard Gutman and President Clinton, gutman was a big donor to the Democratic Party.

  4. Grant Woods:

    This is something that we've seen across the country from the most educated, most sophisticated patient to the least, and we're talking a matter of days not a matter of weeks or months or years. They knew—certainly should have known—that they were going to leave in their wake devastation across this country. Some believe prescription painkiller makers should have known how highly addictive their products were. (Reuters) Woods is helping Ohio sue several prescription painkiller manufacturers and is consulting with several others on their upcoming litigation against the same companies. The basis for their litigation is nearly identical to the strategy used by states against Big Tobacco in the 1990s. Both manufactured a product they allegedly knew to be highly addictive but downplayed the risk to the public. Once hooked, states bore the treatment cost of the resulting public health epidemic. INDIANA MAN KILLS DOCTOR WHO REFUSED TO PRESCRIBE WIFE OPIOIDS I think the responsibility goes to the doctors, goes to the medical rep, goes to the pharmaceutical companies, said Dr. Howard Samuels, founder of The Hills addiction treatment center in Los Angeles. Fox News spoke to several patients at Samuels’ in-patient facility. All of them told a similar story of receiving a painkiller prescription from their physician for anywhere from 60 to 120 pills of powerful opioids like Oxycontin, Vicodin or Norco. The cause of their pain ranged from an auto accident to a broken ankle. My back – I crushed the bottom three vertebrae, then they prescribed me Oxycontin, said a former high school football player from Ohio. A woman from New Jersey added, I was getting 120 oxy a month. When I told him my pain persisted after a few hours, he upped by dosage. Another patient started on Vicodin, but got so addicted he would buy any type of opioid he could find. The White House Office for National Drug Control Policy says 80 percent of heroin users today started their addiction when doctors prescribed pain killers. (Reuters) A doctor is the best drug dealer you can ever get, said the native Angeleno. Once he knew I had the cash I could get anything. My first prescription was $300, and about $150 a week after that. And when one pharmacy started to get suspicious, he told me where to go. TRUMP'S OPIOID COMMISSION CAN HELP KEEP DEADLY DRUGS OUT OF AMERICA While there is plenty of blame to go around, the 25 lawsuits already filed share similar allegations: - Deceptive ads suggesting opioids were effective treating chronic pain like back injuries; - marketing that downplayed the risk of addiction; - undisclosed use of paid doctors to promote the benefits of opioids - use of front groups to.

  5. Adrienne Jones:

    Memorializing the site where Howard Cooper was lynched gives us the opportunity to courageously confront the injustices of our past.

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