harry

verb

1. (transitive)To plunder, pillage, assault.

   “I repent me much , That so I harry'd him”

2. (transitive)To make repeated attacks on an enemy.

   “'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'”

3. (transitive)To strip, lay waste, ravage.

   “to harry this beautiful region”

   “A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.”

4. (transitive)To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

   “Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.”

   “The Colombians' ire was raised even more 10 minutes later when the referee showed a yellow card to [James] Rodríguez – who was apoplectic at the decision – for an innocuous trip that was, as Rodríguez vociferously pointed out with multiple hand gestures, a first offense compared with Fernandinho's harrying.”

noun

1. (India, obsolete, transitive)A menial servant; a sweeper.
2. (slang, uncountable)The drug heroin.

name

1. 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.””

2. A male given name.
3. A male given name.
4. A male given name.
5. A surname originating as a patronymic.
6. A diminutive of the female given name Harriet.