HARRIER


Meaning of HARRIER in English

1. n. a person who harries or lays waste.2. n.1 a a hound used for hunting hares. b (in pl.) a pack of these with huntsmen.

2 a group of cross-country runners.

Etymology: HARE + -IER, assim. to HARRIER(1) 3. n. any bird of prey of the genus Circus, with long wings for swooping over the ground.

Etymology: harrower f. harrow harry, rob, assim. to HARRIER(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.