HARRIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harrier mean? 

• HARRIER (noun)
  The noun HARRIER has 3 senses:

1. a persistent attacker

2. a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits

3. hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals

  Familiarity information: HARRIER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARRIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A persistent attacker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

harasser; harrier

Context example:

the harassers were not members of the regular army

Hypernyms ("harrier" is a kind of...):

aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)

Derivation:

harry (annoy continually or chronically)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("harrier" is a kind of...):

hound; hound dog (any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("harrier" is a kind of...):

hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harrier"):

Circus Aeruginosus; marsh harrier (Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions)

Circus pygargus; Montagu's harrier (brownish European harrier)

Circus cyaneus; hen harrier; marsh hawk; northern harrier (common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land)

Holonyms ("harrier" is a member of...):

Circus; genus Circus (a genus of haws comprising the harriers)