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Harris

//ˈhæɹɪs// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    A male given name. countable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A township in Lake Timiskaming, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A village in the Rural Municipality of Harris, Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Chisago County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Sullivan County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet in Thompson, Sullivan County, New York. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  11. 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
  12. 17
    A placename:; An abandoned settlement in Montserrat, destroyed by volcanic eruptions. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Harris County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

* (rhyming slang): Ellipsis of harris tweed (“weed, marijuana”); from Harris tweed.

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