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Harry

//ˈhæ.ɹi// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name.

    "Yet weep that Harry's dead, and so will I; / But Harry lives that shall convert those tears / By number into hours of happiness."

  2. 2
    A male given name.; A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  3. 3
    A male given name.; A male given name from French, originating as an Anglicization of Henri
  4. 4
    A male given name.; A diminutive of the male given name Henry, Harold.
  5. 5
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
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  1. 6
    A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
Noun
  1. 1
    A menial servant; a sweeper. India, obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    The drug heroin. slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To plunder, pillage, assault. transitive

    "I repent me much , That so I harry'd him"

  2. 2
    make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes wordnet
  3. 3
    To make repeated attacks on an enemy. transitive

    "'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'"

  4. 4
    annoy continually or chronically wordnet
  5. 5
    To strip, lay waste, ravage. transitive

    "to harry this beautiful region"

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  1. 6
    To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism. transitive

    "Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English herien, harien, from Old English herġian, from Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną, from *harjaz (“army”), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos, from *ker- (“army”). Cognates See also Walloon hairyî, Old French hairier, harier; also Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”); also Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer); also Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic кара (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (kāra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).

Etymology 2

Related to Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi, “bone”).

Etymology 3

Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.

Etymology 4

Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.

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