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Definitions for Harry
ˈhær ihar·ry
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Harry.
Princeton's WordNet
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provokeverb
annoy continually or chronically
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
harry, ravageverb
make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
GCIDE
Harrynoun
Harold or Henry; a nickname.
Wiktionary
harryverb
To bother; to trouble.
We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.
Harrynoun
A male given name from the Germanic languages, also used as a pet form of Henry and Harold.
Yet weep that Harry's dead, and so will I; / But Harry lives that shall convert those tears / By number into hours of happiness.
Harrynoun
A patronymic surname.
Etymology: Medieval English spoken form of Henri.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Harryverb
Etymology: harer, French.
Thou must not take my former sharpness ill.
—— I repent me much
That I so harry’d him. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.
Webster Dictionary
Harryverb
to strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land
Harryverb
to agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass
Harryverb
to make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Rank popularity for the word 'Harry' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2212
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Rank popularity for the word 'Harry' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3843
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Harry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Harry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Harry in a Sentence
I think Prince Charles would be flexible because the core focus would be on William and his family, and Meghan and Harry are further down the totem pole.
[ The ] last time I met him he was a boy, along with Prince Harry, and they came with their mother to my ex-mother-in-law's house.
'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard, Master Harry -- every man of every nation has done that -- 'tis the living up to it that's difficult.
The love that has brought and will bind Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle together has its source and origin in God, and is the key to life and happiness, and so we celebrate and pray for them today.
. I sort of disagreed with that, but I still like Harry.
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- هاريArabic
- harryCzech
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- HarryGerman
- acosarSpanish
- هریPersian
- ahdistaaFinnish
- HarryFrench
- सतानाHindi
- HarryHungarian
- ԳարրիArmenian
- HarryIndonesian
- harryItalian
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- ハリーJapanese
- ಹ್ಯಾರಿKannada
- 괴롭히다Korean
- populandosLatin
- harryDutch
- harryNorwegian
- złupićPolish
- harryPortuguese
- dezgoliRomanian
- ГарриRussian
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- ஹாரிTamil
- హ్యారీTelugu
- ก่อกวนThai
- harryTurkish
- ГарріUkrainian
- ہیریUrdu
- quấy rốiVietnamese
- האריYiddish
- 掠夺Chinese
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