harrier
pronunciation
How to pronounce harrier in British English:
UK [ˈhæriə(r)]
How to pronounce harrier in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a persistent attacker
- a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
Word Origin
- harrier
- harrier: see hare
- harrier (n.)
- "small hunting dog," 1540s, from Middle English hayrer (c. 1400), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle French errier "wanderer" [Barnhart], or associated with hare (n.), which they would have hunted. Influenced by harry (v.). The hawk genus (1550s) is from harry (v.).
Example
- 1. Population dynamics of hen harrier circus cyaneus in overwintering area of southeast china .
- 2. And for five months of the year in afghanistan , when the weather is hot , the tornado can only take off with a similar weapons load to the harrier .
- 3. In the falklands conflict , the british harrier was employed as an air superiority fighter against mach 2 mirage jets .
- 4. What appears to have changed the new ( and inexperienced ) national security council 's mind at the last moment was the air force 's claim that the tornado was more effective than the harrier in afghanistan .
- 5. Jaguar and harrier aircraft were extensively modified and improved .