Hassie

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proper noun

A diminutive of the female given names Harriet and Hazel.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the female given names Harriet and Hazel.

    ... Grace and Robert Garner in Hickman, Nebraska, the movers, namely, Terry Reynolds and his wife, Hazel “Hassie” Reynolds, Tina Walker, and the Garners, ...

    1990, Reports of Cases Decided Between ... in the Supreme Court of Nebraska
    1 more example

    My little brother, he couldn't say Harriet. He called me 'Hassie'. 'Hassie' it's been ever since. I don't like it, but I giss nobody never had a name like it in the world.

    1985, Arthur C. Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 284

Origin

From Harriet, Hazel and rare similar sounding names such as Haseltine, Haroldson + diminutive suffix -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Hassie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hassie

MLA

“Hassie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hassie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hassie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hassie.

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