Hereward

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/ˈhɛɹəwə(ɹ)d//ˈhɛɹɪwə(ɹ)d/

proper noun

A male given name from Old English.

OriginOld English Hereweard →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA male given name from Old English.

    Look at me, dread me! I am the Hereward. [Footnote: “Guardian of the army”]

    1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 3, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 94

Origin

  1. Old EnglishHereweard
  2. EnglishHereward

Borrowed from Old English Hereweard, a compound of here (“army”) + weard (“guard”). Doublet of Harvard and Harward.

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APA

Hereward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hereward

MLA

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Chicago

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