/ˈhæ.ɹi/, /ˈhæ.ɹi/, /ˈhɛɹ.i/
OriginFrom 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”).
- transitiveTo plunder, pillage, assault.
“I repent me much , That so I harry'd him”
- transitiveTo make repeated attacks on an enemy.
“'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 l”
- transitiveTo strip, lay waste, ravage.
“to harry this beautiful region”
“A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.”
- transitiveTo 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.”
“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”
- India, obsolete, transitiveA menial servant; a sweeper.
- slang, uncountableThe drug heroin.
- 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.”
“Henry now, what a soft swain your Henry is! the proper theme of gentle poesy; a name to fall in love withal; devoted at the font to song and sonnet, and the tender passion; a baptized inamorato; a chr”
“'I suppose you think I should call him Harry,' says Ruth.
'Harry? No. Ever since Harry bloody Potter that's been a nightmare.[…]”
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A male given name from French, originating as an Anglicization of Henri
- A diminutive of the male given name Henry, Harold.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
Formsharries(present, singular, third-person) · harrying(participle, present) · harried(participle, past) · harried(past) · harries(plural) · Harrys(plural) · Harries(plural)
Source: Wiktionary