Harry Definition

hărē

harried, harries, harrying

verb

harried, harries, harrying

To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder.

Webster's New World

To torment or worry; harass.

Webster's New World

To attack or raid, as in war.

Vikings harrying the coast.

American Heritage

To force or push along.

Webster's New World

To batter or buffet. Used of the wind or storms.

The wind harried the trees.

American Heritage

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noun

A masculine name: fem. Harriet.

Webster's New World

pronoun

A male given name, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.

Wiktionary

(rare compared to given name) A patronymic surname.

Wiktionary

Origin of Harry

Middle English harien, herien, from Old English hergian (“to pillage, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (compare East Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”)) Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”)), from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”) (compare Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer), from Proto-Indo-European *kori̯os (compare Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic кара (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian kāra ‘army’).[Cuneiform?]

From Wiktionary
Middle English harien from Old English hergian koro- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.

From Wiktionary