harriern.1
/ˈharɪə/, U.S. /ˈhɛriər/ 1. One who harries, ravages, or lays waste.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > one who or that which
wastera1382
harrowerc1450
harrier1596
desolation1608
ravager1611
dispeopler1616
depopulator1623
desolatora1638
vastator1659
havocker1680
devaster1789
devastator1818
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > sacker, raider, or looter > [noun]
reavereOE
forayerc1330
cateran1371
ransackerc1390
depopulatorc1440
rover1481
forager1489
river?a1500
riderc1550
wight-rider1569
predour1577
sacker1589
harrier1596
boot-haler1600
marauder1698
poligar1773
skinner1780
looter1860
raider1861
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 121 Reiuers, Raikers, Herrieris of the ground.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. lxviii. 135 Robbers and harriers of our fields.
1868 J. R. Lowell Pictures from Appledore ii. 54 She hides her mountains and her see From the harriers of scenery.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd
cowherda1000
oxherd1281
geldherd1284
nowtherd1296
neatherd1301
drover1384
catcherc1400
caller?a1500
ox-boy1580
neatress1586
harrier1591
cowherdess1611
spurn-cow1614
neatherdess1648
cowgirl1753
herds-woman1818
oxman1820
ranchero1825
topsman1825
vaquero1826
herdsmaiden1829
overlander1841
cattle-herd1845
cowboy1849
buckaroo1852
stock-rider1862
pointer1869
night-herder1870
puncher1870
bull-puncher1872
outrider1872
cowpuncher1873
range man1875
cow-puncher1878
herd-boy1878
cow-girl1884
trail-herd1885
trail boss1890
nighthawk1903
point man1903
swing man1903
top hand1912
charro1926
waddy1927
cattle-puncher1928
cowpoke1928
paniolo1947
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving > drover
drover1384
harrier1591
guide1687
drafter1829
travelling stockman1834
whacker1880
tailer1893
hazer1897
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Harre The voice of a harrier or driuer of beasts, Eia.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vatigaro, a harrier, a drouer, a driuer of cattell.
3. (Also †harrower.) A name for falcons of the genus Circus, and their allies: cf. hen harrier n., marsh harrier n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier)
harrower1553
1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 5/1 A harroer, rubetarius.
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Rubetarius, a kinde of haukes called an henne harroer.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bondrée, a kind of short winged Eagle..some call her a Harrower.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (E.D.S.) Pref. 3 Called a hen-harrier from chasing, preying upon, and destroying of poultry.
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 99 The harriers are..very indefatigable in their hunting, and highly destructive of the feathered tribes.
Compounds
(from sense 3):
harrier eagle n. Circaetus gallicus.
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1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 284 The Common Harrier Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)..found all over Southern and Central Europe.
harrier-hawk n. a hawk of the American genus Micrastur.
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1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 270 They retain the facial ruff of the Harriers, and hence the name of Harrier-Hawk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
harriern.2
/ˈharɪə/, U.S. /ˈhɛriər/ 1.
a. A kind of hound, resembling the fox-hound, but smaller, used for hunting the hare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > harrier
harrier1542
currant-jelly dog1851
jelly-dog1889
1408 in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 150 (MED) La garde de nos chiens appelez hayrers.
1413 Rot. Pat. 1 Hen. V. 12 June iii. m. 19 Custodiam canum nostrorum vocatorum ‘hayreres’.
1446 Issues of Excheq. (1837) [Hounds called] heireres.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 127v There bee harryers or buckehoundes.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lix. 165 A hounde whiche is a perfect good Haryer.
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 3 That kinde of Dogge whom nature hath indued with the vertue of smelling..and draweth into his nostrells the ayre or scent of the beast pursued and followed..we call Leuerarios Hariers.
1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 39 A Kenel of little Hounds called Harriers.
1723 London Gaz. No. 6194/6 A Pack of Harriers.
1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 203 Harriers in general, are much slower in the pursuit than fox-hounds.
b. In plural. A pack of such hounds; including the persons, huntsmen and others, following the chase.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > group or band of hunters
blast1486
fadea1522
stalec1540
hunting-fieldc1680
chase1811
field1818
harriers1877
1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly xx, in Examiner 19 May 623/2 The harriers had met at Willowby Clump.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. x. 203 The harriers met at Trevena.
2. A member of a ‘hare-and-hounds’ team.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > hare and hounds > participant
whipper-in1855
hound1857
hare1883
paper-chaser1884
harrier1891
1891 Daily News 16 Dec. 5/6 The first prize for the best costumed ‘harrier’ was awarded to Mr. E. J. Bagot.
1893 Birkenhead News 9 Dec. 7/3 A little diversion was caused through one of the Rock Ferry Harriers falling into a ditch in attempting to leap over it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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