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Synonyms for harriers

Grammar : Noun
Spell : har-ee-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhær i ər

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Définition of harriers

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Middle English hayrer "small hunting dog" (c.1400), possibly from Middle French errier "wanderer" [Barnhart], or associated with hare, which they would have hunted. The hawk genus (1550s) is from harry (v.), which also is a candidate for the source of the dog name.
  • As in bully : noun domineering person
  • As in runner : noun one who runs
  • As in intimidator : noun bully
Example sentences :
  • Say I have some cock-shooting,—there are harriers in the neighborhood.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • By the way, there's something to show you—an old maid who hunts her own harriers.'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • The sentence about the Football Club and the Harriers was a sudden inspiration.
  • Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Confound it, I wish the Harriers would choose some other run!
  • Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Otherwise he plays golf and follows the harriers for his figure's sake.
  • Extract from : « Actions and Reactions » by Rudyard Kipling
  • But the best of harriers is that you hardly ever are out of the hunt.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Jolliffe's Boys » by Lewis Hough
  • Now that the harriers are gone, he said, the future seems rather a blank.
  • Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill
  • The name is a reminder of the old cry of the harriers—Co, ho!
  • Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of Old London » by Charles Hemstreet
  • The ordinary man will doubtless be satisfied to call them all harriers.
  • Extract from : « Indian Birds » by Douglas Dewar
  • Hoo sto, ho sto, mon amy, ho sto: To harriers drawing for a stag.
  • Extract from : « The Master of Game » by Second Duke of York, Edward

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