harry

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noun

Harry is a man's name.
An example of a famous man named Harry was President Harry Truman.

verb

Harry is defined as to raid, or to quickly move along.
1. An example of harry is to take over a fort.
2. An example of harry is to pressure someone to finish a project.

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harry

transitive verb

-·ried, -·ry·ing

to raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
to torment or worry; harass
to force or push along

Origin of harry

Middle English hergien from Old English hergian from base of here, army from Indo-European an unverified form koryos, army, variant, variety of base an unverified form koros, war from source Lithuanian kãras, war, Middle Irish cuire, host

Harry

a masculine name: fem. Harriet

Origin of Harry

Middle English Herry from Henry

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harry

transitive verb

har·ried, har·ry·ing, har·ries

To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass. See Synonyms at harass.
a. To attack or raid, as in war: Vikings harrying the coast.
b. To force along, as by attacks or blows: “Blue jays were chasing a squirrel, harrying the creature from tree to tree” ( Paul Theroux )
To batter or buffet. Used of the wind or storms: The wind harried the trees.

Origin of harry

Middle English harien from Old English hergian ; see koro- in Indo-European roots.

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried)

To bother; to trouble.
We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.
To strip; to lay waste.
The Northmen came several times and harried the land.

Origin

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?]

Proper noun

A male given name, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.
(rare compared to given name) A patronymic surname.

Origin

Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.

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