Harry

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈhaɹɪj//
United States//ˈhæɹi//
Australia//ˈhæɹi//

A male given name.

proper noun

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A male given name.
Yet weep that Harry's dead, and so will I; / But Harry lives that shall convert those tears / By number into hours of happiness.
'I suppose you think I should call him Harry,' says Ruth. 'Harry? No. Ever since Harry bloody Potter that's been a nightmare.[…]
The digital ads open over a shot of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, while a narrator declares: “For years, it paralyzed Washington: Partisan political dysfunction.”
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A male given name. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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A male given name. A male given name from French, originating as an Anglicization of Henri
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A male given name. A diminutive of the male given name Henry, Harold.
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.

Etymology

Medieval English spoken form of Old French Henri.

noun

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slangThe drug heroin.

Forms

plural: Harrys, Harries

Harris · An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.Harrison · A northern English surname originating as a patronymic.harry · To plunder, pillage, assault.

Harry · A male given name.

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