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har⋅ry

  [har-ee] verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
2. to ravage, as in war; devastate: The troops harried the countryside.
–verb (used without object)
3. to make harassing incursions.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME herien, OE her(g)ian (deriv. of here army); c. G verheeren, ON herja to harry, lay waste

Synonyms:
1. molest, plague, trouble. 2. plunder, strip, rob, pillage.
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Har⋅ry

  [har-ee]
–noun
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
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har·ry   (hār'ē)   
tr.v.   har·ried, har·ry·ing, har·ries

  1. To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass. See Synonyms at harass.

  2. To raid, as in war; sack or pillage.


[Middle English harien, from Old English hergian; see koro- in Indo-European roots.]
Vane   (vān)   
English politician and colonial administrator who was governor of Massachusetts (1636-1637) and a leading Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. He was tried and executed for high treason after the restoration of the monarchy.
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Word Origin & History

harry 
O.E. hergian "make war, lay waste, ravage, plunder," the word used in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" for what the Vikings did to England, from P.Gmc. *kharohan (v.), from *kharjaz "an armed force" (cf. O.E. here, O.N. herr, O.H.G. har, Ger. Heer "host, army"), from PIE root *koro- "war" (cf. Lith. karas "war, quarrel," karias "host, army;" O.C.S. kara "strife;" M.Ir. cuire "troop;" O.Pers. kara "host, people, army;" Gk. koiranos "ruler, leader, commander").

Harry 
male personal name, a familiar form of Henry (q.v.). Weekley takes the overwhelming number of Harris, Harrison surnames as evidence that "Harry," not "Henry," was the M.E. pronunciation of Henry. Also cf. Harriet, Eng. equivalent of Fr. Henriette, fem. dim. of Henri. Nautical slang Harriet Lane "preserved meat" (1896) refers to a famous murder victim whose killer allegedly chopped up her body. The Harris in Harris tweed (1892) is from the name of the southern section of the island of Lewis with Harris in the Outer Hebrides; originally it referred to fabric produced by the inhabitants there, later a proprietary name.
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