English Explanatory Dictionary

harry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To plunder, pillage, assault.
  2. To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
  3. To strip, lay waste, ravage.
  4. To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
noun
  1. A menial servant; a sweeper.
name
  1. A male given name.
  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  3. A male given name from French, originating as an Anglicization of Henri
  4. A diminutive of the male given name Henry, Harold.
  5. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  6. A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
noun
  1. The drug heroin.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harry.wav en-us-Harry.ogg /ˈhɛɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-harry.wav /ˈhaɾe/ /-ɾɪ/ /-ɾi/ hărʹ-ē hărʹē /ˈheɹi/

Word forms

harry harries harrying harried Harrys

Etymology

From Middle English herien, harien, from Old English herġian, from Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną, from *harjaz (“army”), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos, from *ker- (“army”). Cognates See also Walloon hairyî, Old French hairier, harier; also Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”); also Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer); also Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic кара (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (kāra, “army”)). More at here (“army”). Compare typologically Latin populor.

Synonyms

maraud raid sack harass devastate obliterate destroy annihilate aerosolize atomize benothing bewreck blot out blotto dash decompose demolish desolate diffuse disintegrate disperse dissolve eliminate eradicate erase exterminate extinguish extirpate fordo fuck harry jazz lay waste level liquidate nuke overthrow overturn pull down pulverize race raze ravage ravel remove ruin ruinate stamp out total subvert unbreed unexist unmake uproot waste wipe out wipe off wreck harrow torment

Related words

Hal Harriet

Derived words

harrier harrisome Harry Benjamin syndrome Harry Holt Harry Potter Harry Stoke Old Harry

Translations

Arabic: هَارِي Belarusian: Га́ры Bengali: হ্যারি Bulgarian: Ха́ри Chinese Mandarin: 哈里 Chinese Mandarin: 哈利 Danish: Harry Dhivehi: ހެރީ Esperanto: Hari Finnish: Harri French: Harry Georgian: ჰარი German: Harry Greek: Χάρι Greek: Χάρης Hebrew: הארי Hindi: हैरी Japanese: ハリー Kapampangan: Árî Kapampangan: Hárî Kashmiri: ہیری Korean: 해리 Latin: Harrius Latin: Henrīcus Latvian: Harijs Low German: Harry Macedonian: Хари Māori: Hare Mongolian: Харри Persian: هری Portuguese: Harry Russian: Га́рри Russian: Ха́рри Serbo-Croatian: Хари Serbo-Croatian: Harry Serbo-Croatian: Hari Swedish: Harry Thai: แฮร์รี่ Ukrainian: Га́ррі Uyghur: خاررى Welsh: Harri Yiddish: האַרי
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