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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A prize of books given annually to a certain number of meritorious students at Harvard College.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Harvard Univ., U. S. A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.

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  • noun US A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.

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Latin detur ("let it be given").

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