Associations to the word «Stanford»

Wiktionary

STANFORD, proper noun. A habitational surname​.
STANFORD, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname.
STANFORD, proper noun. A private university in the Bay Area of California.

Dictionary definition

STANFORD, noun. United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893).
STANFORD, noun. A university in California.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats