Meanings
harrier1
nounharrier (plural harriers)
plural harriers
- One who harries.
- Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
- A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
- A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.
Harrier2
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Harrier · proper noun, noun
From harrier, an occupational surname for a hunter of hares or a nickname for someone who resembled a harrier, a kind of hawk.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ястреб блатар, гонче
- ястреб блатар (jastreb blatar)birds of prey
- гонче (gonče)A kind of dog used to hunt hares
- зайчар (zajčar)A kind of dog used to hunt hares
Catalan arpella
- arpellabirds of prey
Chinese Mandarin 鷂 /鹞
- 鷂 /鹞 (yào)birds of prey
Czech moták
- motákbirds of prey
Dutch kiekendief
- kiekendiefbirds of prey
Esperanto cirkuo
- cirkuobirds of prey
Finnish suohaukka, jäniskoira
- suohaukkabirds of prey
- jäniskoiraA kind of dog used to hunt hares
French busard
- busardbirds of prey
German Weihe, Harrier
- Weihebirds of prey
- HarrierA kind of dog used to hunt hares
Hungarian rétihéja
- rétihéjabirds of prey
Irish cromán, gadhar fiaigh
- crománbirds of prey
- gadhar fiaighA kind of dog used to hunt hares
- madra seilgeA kind of dog used to hunt hares
Italian albanella
- albanellabirds of prey
Japanese 沢鵟
- 沢鵟 (chūhi)birds of prey
Korean 해리어
- 해리어 (haerieo)A kind of dog used to hunt hares
Latvian lija
- lijabirds of prey
Lithuanian lingė
- lingėbirds of prey
Māori kāhu
- kāhubirds of prey
Persian باز, سنقر
- باز (bâz)birds of prey
- سنقر (sonqor)birds of prey
Polish błotniak, harrier
- błotniakbirds of prey
- harrierA kind of dog used to hunt hares
Portuguese tartaranhão
- tartaranhãobirds of prey
Romanian erete
- eretebirds of prey
Russian лунь, харьер
- лунь (lunʹ)birds of prey
- харьер (xarʹjer)A kind of dog used to hunt hares
Spanish aguilucho
- aguiluchobirds of prey
Swedish kärrhök, harrier
- kärrhökbirds of prey
- harrierA kind of dog used to hunt hares
Ukrainian лунь
- лунь (lunʹ)birds of prey
Welsh boda
- bodabirds of prey
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with harrier
All rhymes →Sounds the same
hairier (homophonous in some accents)
Cite this entry
APA
harrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harrier
MLA
“harrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harrier. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harrier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harrier.
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