harry

Meaning

1. To plunder, pillage, assault.
2. To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
3. To strip, lay waste, ravage.
4. To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

harass

chevvy

harrass

intrude on

tyrannize over

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hæɹi/

From Middle English herien, harien, from Old English herġian, from Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną, from *harjaz (“army”), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos, from *ker- (“army”). Cognates See also Walloon hairyî, Old French hairier, harier; also Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”); also Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer); also Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic кара (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (kāra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).