harry

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhæɹi/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈhaɹɪj/ (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈhæɹi/ (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈhaɾe/, /-ɾɪ/, /-ɾi/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhaɾi/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹi/ Homophone: Harry Homophone: hairy (only in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger) Rhymes: -æɹi === 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”). Compare typologically Latin populor. ==== Verb ==== harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive) To plunder, pillage, assault. Synonyms: maraud, raid, sack To make repeated attacks on an enemy. Synonym: harass To strip, lay waste, ravage. Synonyms: devastate, obliterate; see also Thesaurus:destroy To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism. Synonyms: harrow, torment; see also Thesaurus:vex, Thesaurus:pester ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Related to Hindi हड्डी (haḍḍī, “bone”). ==== Noun ==== harry (plural harries) (India, obsolete) A menial servant; a sweeper. ==== References ==== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “harry”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […]. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From the English name Harry. === Adjective === harry (indeclinable) (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy, tacky ==== Derived terms ==== harrytur harryhandel === References === “harry” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From the English name Harry. === Adjective === harry (indeclinable) (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy ==== Derived terms ==== harrytur harryhandel === References === “harry” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.