"harry" meaning in English

See harry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hæɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hæɹi/ [General-American], /hɛɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harry.wav , en-us-Harry.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-harry.wav Forms: harries [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹi Etymology: Related to अस्थि (asthi, “bone”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} harry (plural harries)
  1. (India, obsolete) A menial servant; a sweeper. Tags: India, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-harry-en-noun-Fe-kwcdH Categories (other): Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /hæɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hæɹi/ [General-American], /hɛɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harry.wav , en-us-Harry.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-harry.wav Forms: harries [present, singular, third-person], harrying [participle, present], harried [participle, past], harried [past]
Rhymes: -æɹi 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ker-}}, {{inh|en|enm|herien}} Middle English herien, {{inh|en|ang|herġian}} Old English herġian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*harjōn}} Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*harjōną}} Proto-Germanic *harjōną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*koryos}} Proto-Indo-European *koryos, {{cog|wa|hairyî}} Walloon hairyî, {{cog|stq|ferheerje}} Saterland Frisian ferheerje, {{cog|de|verheeren||to harry, devastate}} German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), {{cog|sv|härja||ravage, harry}} Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”), {{cog|ang|here}} Old English here, {{cog|fy|hear}} West Frisian hear, {{cog|nl|heer}} Dutch heer, {{cog|de|Heer}} German Heer, {{cog|mga|cuire||army}} Middle Irish cuire (“army”), {{cog|lt|kãrias||army; war}} Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), {{cog|cu|кара||strife}} Old Church Slavonic кара (kara, “strife”), {{cog|grc|κοίρανος||chief, commander}} Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “chief, commander”), {{cog|peo|4=army|tr=kāra}} Old Persian [script needed] (kāra, “army”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried), {{tlb|en|transitive}} (transitive)
  1. To plunder, pillage, assault. Tags: transitive Synonyms: maraud, raid, sack
    Sense id: en-harry-en-verb-fyzqk6b~
  2. To make repeated attacks on an enemy. Tags: transitive Synonyms: harass
    Sense id: en-harry-en-verb-dU2V~Zfj
  3. To strip, lay waste, ravage. Tags: transitive Synonyms: devastate, obliterate, destroy Translations (To strip; to lay waste): опустошавам (opustošavam) (Bulgarian), creach (Irish), плюндрувати (pljundruvaty) (Ukrainian), спустошувати (spustošuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-harry-en-verb-Q9P5BO1I Disambiguation of 'To strip; to lay waste': 6 2 90 2
  4. To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism. Tags: transitive Synonyms: harrow, torment, vex, pester Translations (To bother; to trouble): безпокоя (bezpokoja) (Bulgarian), otravovat [imperfective] (Czech), obtěžovat [imperfective] (Czech), dotírat [imperfective] (Czech), whakakūrakuraku (Maori)
    Sense id: en-harry-en-verb-YPlyO-Gt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 9 5 26 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 13 27 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 10 9 22 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 8 8 18 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 8 31 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 8 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 9 30 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 13 9 30 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 9 30 48 Disambiguation of 'To bother; to trouble': 4 11 10 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: harrier
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "I repent me much , That so I harry'd him",
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          "text": "'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'",
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          "text": "to harry this beautiful region",
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          "ref": "1896, John Burroughs, Birds and bees and other studies in nature:",
          "text": "A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.",
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          "word": "devastate"
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          "word": "destroy"
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          "_dis1": "6 2 90 2",
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          "word": "creach"
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          "roman": "pljundruvaty",
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          "word": "плюндрувати"
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          "roman": "spustošuvaty",
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          "word": "спустошувати"
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          "ref": "2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 – 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.",
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          "ref": "2014 July 5, Sam Borden, “For bellicose Brazil, payback carries heavy price: Loss of Neymar [International New York Times version: Brazil and referee share some blame for Neymar's injury: Spaniard's failure to curb early pattern of fouls is seen as major factor (7 July 2014, p. 13)]”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "The Colombians' ire was raised even more 10 minutes later when the referee showed a yellow card to [James] Rodríguez – who was apoplectic at the decision – for an innocuous trip that was, as Rodríguez vociferously pointed out with multiple hand gestures, a first offense compared with Fernandinho's harrying.",
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          "_dis1": "4 11 10 75",
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          "text": "'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'",
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          "text": "to harry this beautiful region",
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          "ref": "1896, John Burroughs, Birds and bees and other studies in nature:",
          "text": "A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.",
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          "ref": "2014 July 5, Sam Borden, “For bellicose Brazil, payback carries heavy price: Loss of Neymar [International New York Times version: Brazil and referee share some blame for Neymar's injury: Spaniard's failure to curb early pattern of fouls is seen as major factor (7 July 2014, p. 13)]”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "The Colombians' ire was raised even more 10 minutes later when the referee showed a yellow card to [James] Rodríguez – who was apoplectic at the decision – for an innocuous trip that was, as Rodríguez vociferously pointed out with multiple hand gestures, a first offense compared with Fernandinho's harrying.",
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      "roman": "bezpokoja",
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        "A menial servant; a sweeper."
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}

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