HOWARD

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• HOWARD (noun)
  The noun HOWARD has 2 senses:

1. English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

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

  Familiarity information: HOWARD used as a noun is rare.

• HOWARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Howard; Leslie Howard; Leslie Howard Stainer

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Catherine Howard; Howard

Instance hypernyms:

queen (the wife or widow of a king)

 Context examples 

A team of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Rockefeller University has been exploring a different approach.

(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)

Dr. Howard Federoff of Georgetown University Medical Center and his colleagues decided to search for biomarkers of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in circulating blood.

(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)

The goal of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Howard Temin Award is to bridge the transition from a mentored research environment to a National Cancer Institute independent research career for scientists who have demonstrated unusually high potential during their initial stages of training and development.

(Howard Temin Award, NCI Thesaurus)

"Please come and see me. . . . Phone book. . . . Under the name of Mrs. Sigourney Howard. . . . My aunt. . . ."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)