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
Antonyms:
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

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