harry
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
To plunder, pillage, assault.
- I repent me much , That so I harry'd him
To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
To strip, lay waste, ravage.
- to harry this beautiful region
- A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.
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To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
- Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.
A menial servant
A menial servant; a sweeper.
A male given name.
- Yet weep that Harry's dead, and so will I; / But Harry lives that shall convert those tears / By number into hours of happiness.
- 'I suppose you think I should call him Harry,' says Ruth. 'Harry? No. Ever since Harry bloody Potter that's been a nightmare.[…]
A surname originating as a patronymic.
A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
The drug heroin.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for harry. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA