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View synonyms for harrier

harrier

1

[ har-ee-er ]

noun

  1. a person who or thing that harries.
  2. any of several short-winged hawks of the genus Circus that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on reptiles and small birds and mammals.
  3. Harrier, Military. a one- or two-seat British-American fighter, both an attack and a reconnaissance aircraft, featuring a turbofan engine with a directable thrust that enables it to land and take off vertically.


harrier

2

[ har-ee-er ]

noun

  1. one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
  2. a cross-country runner.

harrier

1

/ ˈhærɪə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that harries
  2. any diurnal bird of prey of the genus Circus, having broad wings and long legs and tail and typically preying on small terrestrial animals: family Accipitridae (hawks, etc) See also marsh harrier Montagu's harrier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Harrier

2

/ ˈhærɪə /

noun

  1. a British subsonic multipurpose military jet plane capable of vertical takeoff and landing by means of vectoring the engine thrust
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

harrier

3

/ ˈhærɪə /

noun

  1. a smallish breed of hound used originally for hare-hunting
  2. a cross-country runner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of harrier1

First recorded in 1550–60; harry + -er 1

Origin of harrier2

1535–45; special use of harrier 1, by association with hare
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Word History and Origins

Origin of harrier1

C16: from hare + -er 1; influenced by harrier 1
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Example Sentences

But to do VL, the engine thrust must be pointed straight downward, and the jet is twice the size of a Harrier.

Remember the Harrier jump jet, the vertical takeoff and landing craft the British designed and Hollywood made famous?

But Jack Metcalf had more natural taste for the cry of a hound or a harrier than for the squeak of his fiddle.

Edward Henry pursued lightly, for though he appreciated Mr. Harrier, he also despised him.

Then it happened that the harrier Gonzalo thought most of, having bought him for a high price in England, misbehaved himself.

Besides the crows and fish-hawks, a harrier would now and then come skimming close along the grass.

But there is one bird that most certainly will be seen in the “harrier-country,” and that is the heron.

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