Other forms: harriers
A harrier is a bird of prey that quarters low over open ground. A hen harrier.
It flies slowly with its wings held up in a shallow V, which is how you tell it. A harrier hunts partly by ear, and the face has a ring of stiff feathers like an owl's.
1nounharrierA bird of prey that quarters low over open ground.
“A harrier worked the same field all afternoon.”
harrier is a bird.
Proto-Indo-European
*ker-
Proto-Indo-European
*koryos
Proto-Germanic
*harjōną
Proto-West Germanic
*harjōn
Old English
herġian
Middle English
herien
English
harry
English, today
harrier
Built from
From harry + -er. harry comes 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”). 2 See also wa hairyî, Old French hairier, harier; also stq ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”); also Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer); also mga cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), cu кара (“strife”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (“chief, commander”), peo). More at here (“army”).
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