Harrie

1. A male given name.

   “Be careful, Logan, to remember how he spells his name. It is Harrie, and not Harry. This may be of great use to you when you come to be cross-questioned.”

   1883, Caleb Harlan, chapter VII, in The Fate of Marcel, Philadelphia, Pa.: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 111

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   Clearing up a couple of minor errors in Mrs. Thayer’s squib, we would report that Mr. Lindeberg’s first name is Harrie, not Harry, and that his one-piece garment includes a collar in addition to shirt, shorts, and tie.

   1938, The New Yorker, page 8

   Harrie Brigham Chase, a young man on the state’s Supreme Court, was wholly unknown to Hand and his friends. As Hand told Taft, “[M]y heart sinks a little at a man who carries the name ‘Harrie.’”

   2011, Gerald Gunther, Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244

plural Harries

1. slangA fan of English singer, songwriter, and actor Harry Styles (born 1994).

   The “Harries” are now one of the biggest fan bases amongst teenagers.

   2021 December, Cameron Chappell, “Love on Top”, in The Messenger, volume 20, number 1, Northview High School, page 27

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   The Harries among us will soon have the opportunity to thirst in person. Harry Styles announced on Wednesday that he (and his enormous white sailor pants) is embarking on a world tour—aptly titled Love on Tour—in 2020.

   2019 November 13, Michelle Ruiz, “Harry Styles, and His Sailor Pants, Are Going on Tour”, in Vogue, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2019

   While the affirmations pages occasionally throw in a Harry Styles-inspired post, like @cletings’ “I will casually run into Harry Styles walking around Cleveland” post, Harries of CSU don’t have to look far to find where they belong. […] “All I hope to achieve is to help make a community of CSU Harries (someone talked about making a group chat and I think that would be so cool) and to make people laugh,” they said. […] Inspired after a friend showed them the “Harries of BGSU” account, they thought a CSU version would be fun and began to edit and post images of Harry Styles around campus and downtown, even giving the pop star a job at Subway.

   2021 winter, Courtney Byrnes, “The CSU of Instagram”, in Vindicator, Cleveland State University, page 37

   Now, us “Harries” or Harry Styles fans were blessed with a new song on April 1st, but some people were worried that it was actually going to be an April Fools prank..

   2022 April–May, Erin Krauss, “Harry’s House set to release May 20th”, in The Freedom Forum, volume 55, number 2, Freedom High School, page 3

   HH [“Harry’s House”] is eagerly anticipated by international, self-proclaimed “Harries” everywhere and is being released on May 20th.

   2022 April 18, Gracie Kibort, “As It Was”, in The Wake, volume 21, number 11, University of Minnesota, page 21

   Calling all “Directioners” and “Harries” – Harry Styles, an unproblematic and multi-talented king, has done it again.

   2022 May 13, Jess Johnson, “‘DWD’ shows different side, Harry Styles”, in Cardinal Points, volume 106, number 12, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, page A3

   Synonyms: Styler