Definitions for harrier

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harrier har·ri·er

Spelling: [har-ee-er]

IPA: /ˈhær i ər/

Harrier is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in harrier (aehirrr).

Definitions for harrier

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. (initial capital letter) 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.
4. one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
5. a cross-country runner.

Origin of harrier

First recorded in 1550-60; harry + -er¹

Examples for harrier

The various species of harrier make their appearance in September.

But no petulance could impair the beaming optimism on Mr. harrier's features.

Later the harrier was developed as a separate breed for hunting hares.

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

There may be many who will fare forth to find the harrier on the wing.

He was a born dictator and czar and hero and harrier of the human race.

This hound, with the harrier, were for many centuries the only hunting dogs.

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

Sir Henry's courteous indifference, however, was like a harrier.

This harrier is also found in the Republic, but is not so common as the former species.