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| Gender | Masculine |
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| Origin | |
| Word/name | Medieval English form of Henry (name) |
| Meaning | Ruler (Old English), War God (Norse), Army Commander (Old Germanic) |
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| Related names | Henry, Hank, Henk, Hendrik, Harold, Hereweald, Haraldr, Harvey, Harris, Harrison, Harriet, Harriete, Harolda, Éibhear (Irish), Haris (Greek), Charis (Greek), Harilaos (Greek), Charilaos (Greek), Theoharry (Greek), Theoharis (Greek), Theocharis (Greek) Häräy (Tatar), Gäräy (Tatar), Hari (Hindi), Harri (Finnish/Afrikaans), Heinrich (Old Germanic) |
Harry is a male given name, a Middle English form of Henry.[1] It is also a diminutive form of Harold, Harrison or Harvey.[2]
People[edit]
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- Harry Akst (1894–1963), American songwriter
- Harry Allen (designer) (born 1964), American industrial and interior designer
- Harry Allen (musician) (born 1966), American jazz tenor saxophonist
- Harry Altham (1888–1965), English cricketer
- Harry Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Andersson (1913–1996), Swedish football striker
- Harry Andrews (1911–1989), English film actor
- Harry Angping (born 1952), Filipino politician
- Harry Arter (born 1989), professional footballer
- Harry Atkinson (1831–1892), tenth Premier of New Zealand
- Harry Bateman (1882–1946), English mathematician
- Harry Bateman (artist) (1896–1976), English landscape painter
- Harry Bass (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Beck (1902–1974), English technical draughtsman
- Harry Beck (footballer) (1901–1979), English footballer
- Harry Belafonte (born 1927), American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist
- Harry Birtwistle (born 2003), Singaporean professional footballer
- Harry Blackmun (1908–1999), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Harry Boland (1887–1922), Irish republican politician
- Harry Bong (1905–1987), Swedish Navy officer
- Harry Boykoff (1922–2001), American basketball player
- Harry Bresslau (1848–1926), German historian and scholar of state papers and of historical and literary muniments
- Harry Brewis (born 1991), English YouTube personality
- Harry Brook (born 1999), English international cricketer
- Harry Browne (1933–2006), American writer, politician, and investment analyst
- Harry E. Burke (1878–1963), American forest entomologist
- Harry Bush (American cricketer) (born 1989), American first-class cricketer
- Harry Bush (English cricketer) (1871–1942), English first-class cricketer
- Harry Callahan (photographer) (1912–1999), American photographer and educator
- Harry Caray (1914–1998), American radio and television sportscaster
- Harry Carey (actor) (1878–1947), American actor
- Harry Carpenter (1925–2010), British BBC sports commentator
- Harry Carpenter (bishop) (1901–1993), English bishop and theologian
- Harry Carpenter (priest), Anglican priest
- Henry Cort Harold Carpenter (1875–1940), British metallurgist and specialist on steels
- Harry Chapin (1942-1981), American folk singer-songwriter and philanthropist
- Harry Choates (1922–1951), American fiddler
- Harry Clarke (1889–1931), Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator
- Harry Clarke (footballer, born 2001) (born 2001), English professional footballer
- Harry Cole (journalist) (born 1986), British journalist
- Harry Connick Jr. (born 1967), American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host
- Harry Cothliff (1916–1976), English footballer
- Harry Crider (born 1999), American football player
- Harry Corbett (1918–1989), English magician, puppeteer and television presenter
- Harry H. Corbett (1925–1982), English actor and comedian
- Harry Crosby (1898–1929), American heir, World War I veteran, bon vivant, poet, and publisher
- Harry Crosby (businessman) (born 1958), American investment banker and former actor
- Harry Daghlian (1921–1945), American physicist
- Harry Danning, American Major League Baseball All Star catcher
- Harry Davenport (1866–1949), American actor
- Harry Dias Bandaranaike (1822-1901), first Sinhala and first indigenous Puisne Justice and acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Harry Edward (1898–1973), British runner
- Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003), Major League Baseball player
- Harry Enfield (born 1961), English comedian, actor, writer and director
- Henry Enfield (1849-1923), English cricketer
- Harry Enten (born 1988), American journalist
- Harry Feldman (1919–1962), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Harry Wickwire Foster, senior Canadian Army officer who commanded two Canadian divisions during World War II, one of the principal commanders of Aleutian Islands campaign and Operation Cottage
- Harry Fox (1882–1959), American vaudeville dancer, actor and comedian born Arthur Carringford
- Harry Frankfurt (born 1929), American philosopher
- Harrison Garside (born 1997), Australian boxer
- Harry Geithner (born 1976), Colombian actor, film director and producer
- Harry Gesner (1925–2022), American architect
- Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), American President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research
- Harry Giles (basketball) (born 1998), American professional basketball player
- Harry Giles (footballer) (1911–1986), Australian rules footballer
- Harry Gilmer (1926–2016), American football halfback and quarterback
- Harry Goodsir (1819–c. 1848), Scottish physician and naturalist
- Harry Goonatilake (1929–2008), 5th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
- Harry Gottsacker (born 1999), American racing driver
- Harry Grant (cyclist) (1906-1993), British racing cyclist
- Harry Grant (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Grant (racing driver) (1877–1915), American auto racing driver
- Harry Grant (rugby league) (born 1998), Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Harry Gration (1950–2022), English journalist and broadcaster
- Harry Gregg (1932–2020), Northern Irish professional footballer and manager
- Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961), British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer
- Harry Grindell Matthews, English inventor who claimed to have invented a death ray in the 1920s
- Harry Groener (born 1951), German-born American actor and dancer
- Harry Guardino (1925–1995), American actor
- Harry Gurney (born 1986), English cricketer
- Harry Gwala (1920-1995), South African African National Congress and Communist Party of South Africa revolutionary
- Harry Gyles (1880–1959), Australian rules footballer
- Harry Harris (boxer) (1880–1959), American world champion bantamweight
- Harry Harrison (writer) (1925–2012), American science fiction author
- Harry Hollins (1932–1989), American politician
- Harry Houdini (1874–1926), American escapologist and stunt performer born Erik Weisz
- Harry Jerome (1940–1982), Canadian track and field sprinter and physical education teacher
- Harry Kalas (1936-2009), American sportscaster
- Harry Kane (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Kewell (born 1978), Australian association football coach, manager and former player
- Harry King (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Kinnard, American general officer, one of the principal commanders of Pleiku Campaign
- Harry Knowles (born 1971), American film critic and writer
- Harry Krakow (1910–1991), birth name of King Levinsky, American heavyweight boxer
- Harold Walter Kroto, known as Harry Kroto (1939–2016), English chemist
- Harry Landis (1926–2022), British actor and director
- Harry Richard Landis (1899–2008), American First World War veteran
- Harry Langdon (1884–1944), American comedian
- Harry Lauder (1870–1950), Scottish singer and comedian
- Harry Lawtey (born 1996), English actor
- Harry Lennix (born 1964), American actor
- Harry Lewis (boxer) (1886–1956), American world champion welterweight born Harry Besterman
- Harry Lewis (born 1996) W2S (big bog)
- Harry Litman, American lawyer, law professor and political commentator
- Harry Lloyd (born 1983), English actor
- Harry Lorraine (American actor) (1873–1935), American silent film actor
- Harry Lorraine (English actor) (1885–1970), actor in English silent films
- Harry Lorayne (1926–2023), American magician
- Harry Luff (1856–1916), American Major League Baseball player
- Harry Maguire (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Manser (1874–1955), justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
- Harry Michael (born 1992), Australian rapper and songwriter, known professionally as Masked Wolf
- Harry S. Morgan (1945–2011), German director and producer of pornographic movies
- Harry Mosby (1945–1993), Australian Paralympic athlete from the Torres Strait
- Sir Harry Burrard Neale, British officer of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for Lymington
- Harry Ord (1819–1885), British colonial administrator
- Harry Pace (1884–1943), American music publisher and insurance executive
- Harry Partch (1901–1974), American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments
- Harry Patch (1898–2009), English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War from any country
- Harry Peglar (1812 – c. 1849), English seaman
- Harry Prendergast (1834–1913), British general, one of the principal commanders of Third Anglo-Burmese War
- Harry Redknapp (born 1947), English footballer and manager
- Harry Reems (1947–2013), American pornographic film actor
- Harry Roque (born 1966), Filipino lawyer and former law professor
- Harry Sacksioni (born 1950), composer and guitar virtuoso of Dutch origin
- Herschel Saltzman, known as Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), Canadian theatre and film producer
- Harry Secombe (1921–2001), Welsh comedian, actor, singer and television presenter
- Harry Seidler (1923–2006), Austrian-born Australian architect
- Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858–1947), American retail magnate
- Harry Shum (born 1966), Chinese computer scientist
- Harry Shum Jr. (born 1982), Costa Rican-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer
- Harry Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Souttar (born 1998), professional footballer
- Harry Dean Stanton (1926–2017), American actor, musician, and singer
- Harry Styles (born 1994), British singer, songwriter, actor as well as member of the boy band One Direction.
- Harry Stafford (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Sugiyama (born 1985), Japanese television personality and model
- Harry Swartz (born 1996), American soccer player
- Harry Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Alan Towers (1920–2009), British-born radio and independent film producer and screenwriter
- Harry Traver (1877-1961), American roller coaster and amusement ride engineer
- Harry Treadaway (born 1984), English actor
- Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd President of the United States
- Harry Vickers (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Warner (1881–1958), American cartoonist and one of the founders of Warner Brothers
- Harry Weese (1915–1998), American architect
- Harry Wolff (booking agent) (1890–1934), booking agent for theater and vaudeville performers in the early 20th century
- Harry Wright (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harry Winks (born 1993) English footballer
- Harry Winston (1896–1978), American jeweler
- H. J. Sterling (Harry John Sterling; 1882–1959), Canadian ice hockey administrator
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (born 1984), second son of King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Fictional characters[edit]
- Harry, a main character in Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
- Harry Potter, the title character in Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- Sheriff Harry S. Truman, a character in the American television series Twin Peaks
- Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood’s character in the Dirty Harry film series
- Harry Callahan, a minor character in Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series
- Harry Lyme (Joe Pesci), an antagonist in the Home Alone series
- Harry Solomon, a character on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Harry Fisher, a former character in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
- Harry Coleman, a character in the 2003 film Freaky Friday
- Harry Bailey, George Bailey’s younger brother in the movie It’s A Wonderful Life
- Harry Haller, the protagonist in Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf
- Sir Harry Pearce, a character in the BBC spy drama Spooks
- Sir Harry Paget Flashman, main and eponymous character in the «Flashman» series by George MacDonald Fraser
- Harry Mason, protagonist in the 1999 survival horror video game Silent Hill.
- Harry Sullivan, a companion to Tom Baker’s Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who
- Harry Dresden, the title character Jim Butcher’s urban fantasy series, The Dresden Files and in The Dresden Files (TV series)
- Harry the Hobo, a character played by Bilal Shahid in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Harry the Horse, a character in the Broadway Musical Guys and Dolls
- Harry Hewitt, a character from Coronation Street
- Harry Osborn, a character from Spider-Man
- Harry Sultenfuss, a character 1991 and 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movies My Girl and My Girl 2 played by Dan Aykroyd
- Harry Wells, a character from the Arrowverse franchise
- Harry Keogh, the main character in Brian Lumley’s series of horror novels, Necroscope
References[edit]
- ^ «Harry». Behind the Name. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- ^ Hockings, Paul; Pilot-Raichoor, Christiane (1992), Werner Winter and Richard A. Rhodes (ed.), A Badaga-English Dictionary, Trends in Linguistics: Documentation, vol. 8, Berlin, Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 47, ISBN 978-3-11-012677-8, OCLC 25963917, retrieved 13 Dec 2011
transitive verb
1
: to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
2
: to force to move along by harassing
harrying the terrified horses down out of the mountains—
R. A. Sokolov
3
: to torment by or as if by constant attack
Did you know?
Was there once a warlike man named Harry who is the source for the English verb the name mirrors? One particularly belligerent Harry does come to mind: William Shakespeare once described how «famine, sword, and fire» accompanied «the warlike Harry,» England’s King Henry the Fifth. But neither this king nor any of his namesakes are the source for the verb harry. Rather, harry (or a word resembling it) has been a part of English for as long as there has been anything that could be called English. It took the form hergian in Old English and harien in Middle English, passing through numerous variations before finally settling into its modern spelling. The word’s Old English ancestors are related to Old High German words heriōn («to devastate or plunder») and heri («host, army»).
Choose the Right Synonym for harry
pursued a policy of worrying the enemy
annoy implies disturbing one’s composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks.
you’re doing that just to annoy me
harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one’s nervous or mental power.
harassed on all sides by creditors
harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment.
the strikers had been harried by thugs
plague implies a painful and persistent affliction.
plagued all her life by poverty
pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks.
constantly pestered with trivial complaints
tease suggests an attempt to break down one’s resistance or rouse to wrath.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
The Diamondbacks hitters were harried and hustling.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
Things felt slightly harried on the concourse, too.
—Chelsea Janes, Scott Allen And Ben Strauss, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
There’s something about Yeoh as Mother that transcends, in every shading and variation: cool and elegant in Crazy Rich Asians, imperious and twisted in Star Trek: Discovery, harried and bewildered in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
Roger was never harried.
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2023
But if this urgent, quietly angry doc feels both hurried and harried at certain points, that just speaks to the moment: Time is not a luxury anyone has in this business.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
But the smattering of protesters and Trump supporters who often harry Biden on his travels elsewhere in the country are absent in Nantucket.
—Josh Wingrove, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
Ukraine’s military command said its troops continued to harry the forces that Russia has been massing for a full-scale assault on the Donbas region, the industrial heartland where Moscow already holds sway.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
The fighters had divided into teams to target strategic points within the prison, while others were sent to harry a nearby battalion of Kurdish fighters and block off routes to the complex.
—NBC News, 24 Jan. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English hærȝen, herien, harien, herwen, harwen «to plunder, ravage, torment, pursue, drag,» going back to Old English hergian, herian, heregian, hergon «to make predatory raids, ravage, wage war,» going back to Germanic *harjōjan- (whence also Old Saxon herion «to plunder,» Middle Dutch heren, hergen «to destroy with an army, ravage,» Old High German heriōn, herrōn «to devastate, plunder,» Old Norse herja «to despoil, lay waste»), verbal derivative of *harja- «body of armed men» (whence Old English here «body of armed men, army,» Old Frisian here [in compounds], Old Saxon heri «army, crowd,» Old High German heri, hari, Old Norse herr «host, army,» Gothic harjis), going back to Indo-European *kori̯o- (whence also Middle Irish cuire «troop, host, company,» Middle Welsh cord, cordd «tribe, clan, multitude, troop,» Lithuanian kãrias «war, army»), derivative of appurtenance from *kor- «war,» whence Lithuanian kãras «war,» Old Persian kāra- «army, people» (with lengthened grade?); also, with suffix -no-, Greek koíranos «commander, ruler» (< *koironos < *kori̯o-no-s)
Note:
Old English forms such as her(e)gian, 3rd singular present hergaþ, show variants with reversion of palatal g (= [j]) to velar g (= [ɣ]) before a back vowel, though in this case there was no original g, and the reversion is analogical. The two competing sets of forms were passed on to Middle English. The variants with either -i- or -w- gave rise to two more or less distinct words in modern English, harry and harrow entry 1. For other words containing Old English here «body of armed men» or Germanic *harja- see arrière-ban, harbinger entry 1, harbor entry 1, harness entry 1, herald entry 1, heriot.
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of harry was
before the 12th century
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, Boston, Rhode Island, NYC) enPR: hărʹ-ē, IPA(key): /ˈhæɹi/
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Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æɹi
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- (General American) enPR: hărʹē
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈhæɹi/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹi/, /ˈheɹi/
- Rhymes: -æɹi
- (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger) Homophone: hairy
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈhæɹi/
Proper noun[edit]
Harry (plural Harrys or Harries)
- A male given name
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c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
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Yet weep that Harry’s dead, and so will I; / But Harry lives that shall convert those tears / By number into hours of happiness.
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- 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
- Henry now, what a soft swain your Henry is! the proper theme of gentle poesy; a name to fall in love withal; devoted at the font to song and sonnet, and the tender passion; a baptized inamorato; a christened hero. Call him Harry, and see how you ameliorate his condition. The man is free again, turned out of song and sonnet and romance, and young ladies’ hearts. Shakspeare understood this well, when he wrote of prince Hal and Harry Hotspur. To have called them Henry would have spoiled both characters.
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2010, Elly Griffiths, “The Janus Stone”, in Ruth Galloway: The Early Cases: A Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries Collection, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
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‘I suppose you think I should call him Harry,’ says Ruth.
‘Harry? No. Ever since Harry bloody Potter that’s been a nightmare. […]
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- A male given name from the Germanic languages
- A male given name from French, originating as an Anglicization of Henri
- A diminutive of the male given name Henry, Harold
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- (rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.
- (rare nickname) A diminutive of the female given name Harriet
Derived terms[edit]
- Old Harry
[edit]
- Hal
- Harriet
Translations[edit]
male given name
- Arabic: هَارِي m (hārī)
- Belarusian: Га́ры m (Háry)
- Bengali: হ্যারি (jhari)
- Bulgarian: Ха́ри m (Hári)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 哈利 (zh) (Hālì)
- Danish: Harry
- Dhivehi: ހެރީ (herī)
- Esperanto: Hari
- Finnish: Harri (fi)
- French: Harry (fr) m
- German: Harry (de) m (borrowing from English)
- Greek: Χάρι m (Chári), Χάρης (el) m (Cháris)
- Hebrew: הארי m
- Hindi: हैरी (hairī)
- Japanese: ハリー (Harī)
- Kapampangan: Árî, Hárî
- Korean: 해리 (Haeri)
- Latin: Harrius m, Henrīcus (la) m
- Latvian: Harijs m
- Low German: Harry (borrowing from English)
- Macedonian: Хари m (Hari)
- Maori: Hare
- Mongolian: Харри (Xarri)
- Persian: هری (fa) (hari)
- Portuguese: Harry m
- Russian: Га́рри (ru) m (Gárri), Ха́рри (ru) m (Xárri)
- Serbo-Croatian: Хари m, Harry m, Hari m, Хари m
- Swedish: Harry (sv)
- Thai: แฮร์รี่ (hae-rêe)
- Ukrainian: Га́ррі m (Hárri)
- Uyghur: خاررى (xarri)
- Yiddish: האַרי m (hari)
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Harry.
Proper noun[edit]
Harry
- a male given name
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Harry.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Harry
- a male given name
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Harry.
Proper noun[edit]
Harry
- a male given name
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English Harry.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɾi/ [ˈhɛ.ɾi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɾi/ [ˈχɛ.ɾi]
Proper noun[edit]
Harry m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Harry
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Harry.
Proper noun[edit]
Harry c (genitive Harrys)
- a male given name
Meaning of HARRY in English
[har.ry] vt har.ried ; har.ry.ing [ME harien, fr. OE hergian; akin to OHG herion to lay waste, heri army, Gk koiranos ruler] (bef. 12c) 1: to make a pillaging or destructive raid on: assault
2: to force to move along by harassing «~ing the terrified horses down out of the mountains —R. A. Sokolov»
3: to torment by or as if by constant attack syn see worry
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Английский словарь Merriam Webster.
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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HARRY
Old English hergian; related to here army, Old Norse herja to lay waste, Old High German heriōn.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
PRONUNCIATION OF HARRY
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARRY
Harry is a verb.
WHAT DOES HARRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Harry
Harry may refer to: ▪ Harry, a given name ▪ Harry, derogatory term used in Norway ▪ Harry, a 1987 American television comedy ▪ Harry, a 1993 BBC television drama that ran for two seasons ▪ Harry, a six-part 2013 New Zealand television crime drama starring Sam Neill ▪ Harry, a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson ▪ A tunnel at Stalag Luft III, site of «The Great Escape» during World War II ▪ Upshot-Knothole Harry, a 1953 atmospheric nuclear weapon test resulting in particularly heavy fallout ▪ Harry Potter…
Definition of harry in the English dictionary
The definition of harry in the dictionary is to harass; worry. Other definition of harry is to ravage, esp in war.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HARRY
PRESENT
Present
I harry
you harry
he/she/it harries
we harry
you harry
they harry
Present continuous
I am harrying
you are harrying
he/she/it is harrying
we are harrying
you are harrying
they are harrying
Present perfect
I have harried
you have harried
he/she/it has harried
we have harried
you have harried
they have harried
Present perfect continuous
I have been harrying
you have been harrying
he/she/it has been harrying
we have been harrying
you have been harrying
they have been harrying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I harried
you harried
he/she/it harried
we harried
you harried
they harried
Past continuous
I was harrying
you were harrying
he/she/it was harrying
we were harrying
you were harrying
they were harrying
Past perfect
I had harried
you had harried
he/she/it had harried
we had harried
you had harried
they had harried
Past perfect continuous
I had been harrying
you had been harrying
he/she/it had been harrying
we had been harrying
you had been harrying
they had been harrying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will harry
you will harry
he/she/it will harry
we will harry
you will harry
they will harry
Future continuous
I will be harrying
you will be harrying
he/she/it will be harrying
we will be harrying
you will be harrying
they will be harrying
Future perfect
I will have harried
you will have harried
he/she/it will have harried
we will have harried
you will have harried
they will have harried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been harrying
you will have been harrying
he/she/it will have been harrying
we will have been harrying
you will have been harrying
they will have been harrying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would harry
you would harry
he/she/it would harry
we would harry
you would harry
they would harry
Conditional continuous
I would be harrying
you would be harrying
he/she/it would be harrying
we would be harrying
you would be harrying
they would be harrying
Conditional perfect
I would have harry
you would have harry
he/she/it would have harry
we would have harry
you would have harry
they would have harry
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been harrying
you would have been harrying
he/she/it would have been harrying
we would have been harrying
you would have been harrying
they would have been harrying
Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you harry
we let´s harry
you harry
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
harrying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARRY
Synonyms and antonyms of harry in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «HARRY»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «harry» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «harry» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF HARRY
Find out the translation of harry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harry» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
纠缠
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
acosar
570 millions of speakers
English
harry
510 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
हैरी
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
هاري
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
гарри
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
assolar
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
লুণ্ঠন করা
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
harceler
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Harry
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
bedrängen
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
しつこくせきたてる
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
괴롭히다
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Harry
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
chọc phá
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
ஹாரி
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
हॅरी
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
harry
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
assillare
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
Harry
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
гаррі
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
harry
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
harry
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
Harry
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
Harry
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
harry
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of harry
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARRY»
The term «harry» is very widely used and occupies the 3.955 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of harry
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «harry».
FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARRY» OVER TIME
The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «harry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «harry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.
Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harry
8 QUOTES WITH «HARRY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word harry.
Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel’s history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948.
Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you don’t see Japanese with cameras.
Harry Collins was the first magician I ever saw back in 1965 when I was five years old. He was doing a magic show and I was the volunteer from the audience.
Harry Patch didn’t get enough recognition. Jerry Garcia got too much.
Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he’s chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione — she’s working harder than anyone, she’s half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn’t be there at all. It’s so unfair that Harry’s the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn’t make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that’s what made it work.
Harry Potter represents a much larger wave of cultural revolution that we’re all immersed in, and I believe it’s a spiritual revolution as well — a negative spiritual revolution.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARRY»
Discover the use of harry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Baptizing Harry Potter: A Christian Reading of J.K. Rowling
The scope and tragedy of the thing : the structure of the series — More things in heaven and earth : going beyond the normal — As if a man were author of himself : good against evil — Be absolute for death : life and death — Power is …
2
Horrible Harry in Room 2B
Doug discovers that though being Harry’s best friend in Miss Mackle’s second grade class isn’t always easy, as Harry likes to do horrible things, it is often a lot of fun.
Liars at least acknowledge that it matters what is true. By virtue of this, Frankfurt writes, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.
This book about one child’s early development and learning will be of interest to all who are fascinated by how young children learn — nursery practitioners, early years teachers, parents, students and advisers.
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The Irresistible Rise of Harry Potter
Ironically, as Andrew Blake makes clear, J. K. Rowling rescues her character through the reinvention of that apex of class privilege, the English public school, a literary conceit that problematises Harry Potter’s status as a role model and …
6
Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon
Why is Harry Potter so successful? In this fascinating book every aspect of the brand phenomenon is analysed. This is the story of the most incredible brand success there has ever been.
In Ethnographic Sorcery, West explores the fascinating issues provoked by this equation. A key theme of West’s research into sorcery is that one sorcerer’s claims can be challenged or reversed by other sorcerers.
8
The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles
A philosophical exploration of the entire seven-book Harry Potter series Harry Potter has been heralded as one of the most popular book series of all time and the philosophical nature of Harry, Hermione, and Ron’s quest to rid the world of …
William Irwin, Gregory Bassham, 2010
9
Harry Potter and International Relations
Practices such as quidditch dovetail quite clearly with muggle sports, and the very British-ness of the books has, in translation into languages such as Turkish and Arabic, been transformed to reflect these unique cultures.
Daniel H. Nexon, Iver B. Neumann, 2006
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Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter
Charmed Knits offers dozens of patterns for items that evoke the mystique of Harry Potter — a Wizard Robe, an Invisibility Shawl, a Quidditch Sweater, Ron’s Ragg Raglan, a Clock Blanket, Harry Christmas Ornaments, and more.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARRY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harry is used in the context of the following news items.
One Direction fans rally after Harry Styles death threats
«I made this account to let everyone know that Harry Styles will die, August 5th, 2015, at MetLife Stadium.» The messages have since been … «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Prince Harry takes Invictus Games to USA in 2016
With a choir singing Invictus in the background, Prince Harry announced Tuesday in a deft online video that he’s bringing his Invictus Games for … «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Prince Harry’s Ex Cressida Bonas Moves On
Things have changed since Harry hailed the end of his inaugural Invictus Games last September, where Bonas was in the audience of the rock … «People Magazine, Jul 15»
Louis Tomlison & Harry Styles: 1D ‘Larry’ Fans Are Shocked Over …
But where does that leave Larry fans, who are obsessed with the relationship between Harry Styles, 21, and Louis? These Directioners are so … «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»
Open auditions for JK Rowling’s Harry Potter spin-off film
An open audition is to be held to find a girl to star in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. «CBBC Newsround, Jul 15»
That One Time Iggy Azalea Blocked Jackée Harry On Twitter
If you follow actress Jackée Harry on Twitter, then you know she is not a fan of Iggy Azalea. Things between Harry and the Aussie rapper came … «Vibe, Jul 15»
Must-read fan fiction from fandoms of ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘NCIS,’ CL Stone …
If I made a rec a month from now until the end of the millennium, I would only touch on a handful of Harry Potter fics. But, hey, that’s why I’m … «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Go Set A Watchman beats pre-sales for final Harry Potter book — video
Harper Lee’s unearthed novel Go Set A Watchman has become Waterstone’s biggest pre-sale ever, beating JK Rowling’s final Harry Potter … «The Independent, Jul 15»
Harry Jones scores golden try at Pan Am Games
West Vancouver’s Harry Jones dives to score a last-second, gold-medal clinching try for Rugby Canada’s men’s sevens team in a thrilling 22-19 … «North Shore News, Jul 15»
Harry Giles III and Darnell Rogers were among the most entertaining …
Get the ball in the hands of top overall prospect Harry Giles III down low, let him play an inside-outside game with superstar point guard … «USA TODAY High School Sports, Jul 15»
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