Harris
name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A dried preparation of the flowering tops or other parts of the cannabis plant used as a psychotropic drug. UK, slang, uncountable
"I'd rather stay in with some harris than go to the pub after work tonight."
- 1 An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic. countable
"In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library."
- 2 The southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, an island in the Outer Hebrides and Western Isles council area, Scotland. uncountable
- 3 A male given name. countable
- 4 A placename:; A township in Lake Timiskaming, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A village in the Rural Municipality of Harris, Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Chisago County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Sullivan County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet in Thompson, Sullivan County, New York. countable, uncountable
- 13 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 14 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
- 15 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 16 A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships, including one each in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Harris Township. countable, uncountable
- 17 A placename:; An abandoned settlement in Montserrat, destroyed by volcanic eruptions. countable, uncountable
- 18 A placename:; Ellipsis of Harris County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Example
More examples"Mrs. Harris is very doubtful about her son's future."
Etymology
From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse hérað (“hundred (administrative district)”), or from Old Norse hærri (“higher”), referring to the high hills on the island, especially compared to Lewis.
* (rhyming slang): Ellipsis of harris tweed (“weed, marijuana”); from Harris tweed.
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