Definitions for Harry
ˈhær iHar·ry

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke(verb)

   annoy continually or chronically

   "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

2. harry, ravage(verb)

   make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

GCIDE(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Harry(prop. n.)

   Harold or Henry; a nickname.

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1. harry(Verb)

   To bother; to trouble.

   We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.

2. Harry(ProperNoun)

   , also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.

Origin: Medieval English spoken form of Henri.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Harry(verb)

   to strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land

2. Harry(verb)

   to agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass

3. Harry(verb)

   to make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Harry

   har′i, v.t. to plunder: to ravage: to destroy: to harass:—pr.p. harr′ying; pa.p. harr′ied.—n. Harr′ier, one who, or that which, harries: a kind of hawk so named from its harrying or destroying small animals.—Harrying, or Harrowing, of hell, the spoiling of hell, the delivery by Christ, upon His descent into hell after the crucifixion, of the souls of patriarchs and prophets there held in bondage by Satan (1 Pet. iii. 19)—a favourite subject of Christian art, and of our own medieval writers of Mysteries. [A.S. hergian, from A.S. here, gen. herg-es, an army; Ger. heer.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Harry' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2212

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Harry' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3843

How to pronounce Harry?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Harry in a Sentence

1. falcon lover xxx:

   harry likes men

2. The Paulette:

   You don't know Harry?

3. falcon lover xxx:

   harry james like wet men

4. Simon Cowell:

   You are like a real live Harry Potter.

5. President Barack Obama:

   This is one tough guy. Harry used to be a boxer.

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