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Harrier

//ˈhæɹi.ə(ɹ)// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who harries.
  2. 2
    A medium-sized dog breed of the hound class, used for hunting hares by trailing them.
  3. 3
    hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
  5. 5
    a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits wordnet
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  1. 6
    A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
  2. 7
    a persistent attacker wordnet
  3. 8
    A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From harry + -er.

Etymology 2

From harrier, an occupational surname for a hunter of hares or a nickname for someone who resembled a harrier, a kind of hawk.

Etymology 3

From harrier, an occupational surname for a hunter of hares or a nickname for someone who resembled a harrier, a kind of hawk.

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