name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
harrier
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹi.ə/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈhaɹɪjə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/ˈhæɹi.ɚ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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/ˈhɛɹi.ɚ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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New-Zealand: /ˈhɛɹi.ə/
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Scotland: /ˈhaɾe.əɾ/
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Wales: /ˈhaɾi.ə/
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rhymes with -æɹiə(ɹ)
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homophone: hairier (homophonous in some accents)
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 R IY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who harries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
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noun
Meaning 5
A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.
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noun
Meaning 6
A medium-sized dog breed of the hound class, used for hunting hares by trailing them.
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noun
Meaning 7
hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hawk
Narrower terms: marsh harrier, Circus Aeruginosus, Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus, marsh hawk, northern harrier, hen harrier, Circus cyaneus
noun
Meaning 8
a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hound, hound dog
noun
Meaning 9
a persistent attacker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the harassers were not members of the regular army
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harasser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
History
Etymology
From harrier, an occupational surname for a hunter of hares or a nickname for someone who resembled a harrier, a kind of hawk.
Etymology tree English harry Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English harrier From harry + -er.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: մկնաբազե (mknabaze) — birds of prey
- Avar: итаркӏо (itarkʼo) — birds of prey
- Breton: skoul — birds of prey
- Bulgarian: ястреб блатар (jastreb blatar) — birds of prey
- Buryat: хулда (xulda) — birds of prey
- Catalan: arpella — birds of prey
- Chinese Mandarin: 鷂 /鹞 (yào) — birds of prey
- Czech: moták — birds of prey
- Dutch: kiekendief — birds of prey
- Esperanto: cirkuo — birds of prey
- Finnish: suohaukka — birds of prey
- French: busard — birds of prey
- Galician: aigote — birds of prey
- Galician: peneiriño — birds of prey
- German: Weihe — birds of prey
- Gujarati: પટ્ટાઈ (paṭṭāī) — birds of prey
- Hungarian: rétihéja — birds of prey
- Irish: cromán — birds of prey
- Italian: albanella — birds of prey
- Japanese: 沢鵟 (chūhi) — birds of prey
- Kazakh: құладын (qūladyn) — birds of prey
- Latvian: lija — birds of prey
- Lithuanian: lingė — birds of prey
- Low German: Wieh — birds of prey
- Luxembourgish: Hénkeldéif — birds of prey
- Luxembourgish: Wei — birds of prey
- Macedonian: е́ја (éja) — birds of prey
- Māori: kāhu — birds of prey
- Navajo: chʼiltaatʼagii — birds of prey
- Persian: باز (bâz) — birds of prey
- Persian: سنقر (sonqor) — birds of prey
- Polish: błotniak — birds of prey
- Portuguese: tartaranhão — birds of prey
- Romanian: erete — birds of prey
- Romansh: melv — birds of prey
- Russian: лунь (lunʹ) — birds of prey
- Serbo-Croatian: зѐча̄р — birds of prey
- Serbo-Croatian: zèčār — birds of prey
- Spanish: aguilucho — birds of prey
- Swedish: kärrhök — birds of prey
- Ukrainian: лунь (lunʹ) — birds of prey
- Welsh: boda — birds of prey
- Bulgarian: гонче (gonče) — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Bulgarian: зайчар (zajčar) — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Finnish: jäniskoira — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- German: Harrier — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Irish: gadhar fiaigh — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Irish: madra seilge — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Korean: 해리어 (haerieo) — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Macedonian: за́јчар (zájčar) — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Plautdietsch: Hosehunt — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Polish: harrier — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Russian: харьер (xarʹjer) — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- Swedish: harrier — A kind of dog used to hunt hares
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