Harriet definition

harēit
(person, proper) A feminine name: dim. Hattie.
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A female given name.
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Noun

Singular:
harriet
Plural:
harriets

Origin of harriet

  • Anglicized form of French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (Henry), popular in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Harriet Sentence Examples

  • Get ready to grab your dust mop, Harriet.

  • See Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, compiled from her letters and journals by her son, Charles Edward Stowe (Boston, 1890).

  • Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe, edited by Annie Fields (Boston, 1898).

  • On the 15th of July 1815 he married Harriet, daughter of the Hon.

  • During the seven years of his married life Mill published less than in any other period of his career, but four of his most ' Mrs Taylor (Harriet Hardy) was the wife of John Taylor, a wholesale druggist in the city of London.

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