Definition of Stanford

1. Noun. United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893).

Exact synonyms: Leland Stanford
Generic synonyms: Businessman, Man Of Affairs

2. Noun. A university in California.
Exact synonyms: Stanford University
Generic synonyms: University
Group relationships: Palo Alto

Definition of Stanford

1. Proper noun. (surname habitational from=Old English) ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹

3. Proper noun. A private university in the Bay Area of California. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stanford

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Stan the Man
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Standard Mandarin
Standard Model
Standard and Poor's
Standard and Poor's Index
Standish
Stanford (current term)
Stanford-Binet intelligence scale
Stanford University
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Stanhope
Stanislaus
Stanislav
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Stanley
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Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Cohen
Stanley Frank Musial
Stanley Kubrick
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Literary usage of Stanford

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1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
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