Definitions for HARRIS
ˈhær ɪshar·ris

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Harris, Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harrisnoun

   United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)

2. Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harrisnoun

   United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)

3. Harris, Townsend Harrisnoun

   United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)

4. Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harrisnoun

   Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)

5. Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harrisnoun

   British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)

6. Harris, Benjamin Harrisnoun

   publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harrisnoun

   An English and Welsh patronymic surname derived from Harry, the medieval form of Henry.

2. Harrisnoun

   Harris, an island in the Outer Hebrides

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1. harris

   There can be multiple interpretations of the term 'Harris', as follows: 1) As a name: It is a common surname in English-speaking countries, as well as a popular first name. Some prominent people named Harris include U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris, actor Neil Patrick Harris, and musician Calvin Harris. 2) In terms of locations: There are several places named Harris, including Harris County in Texas, Harris, Scotland, and others worldwide. 3) In the field of industries or commerce: Harris Corporation is a telecommunications company based in the U.S. The specific context would largely determine the appropriate interpretation for the word 'Harris'.

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Harris

   Harris is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which is the former postal county and the current post town for Royal Mail postcodes starting HS3 or HS5. See HS postcode area. A person from Harris is known as a Hearach.

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1. harris

   Song lyrics by harris -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by harris on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HARRIS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Harris is ranked #25 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Harris surname appeared 624,252 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 212 would have the surname Harris.
   
   51.4% or 320,866 total occurrences were White.
   42.3% or 264,620 total occurrences were Black.
   2.8% or 17,479 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.2% or 14,108 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 4,182 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 2,934 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Diplomat
   • General
   • Linguist
   • Marshal
   • Publisher
   • Writer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HARRIS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4559

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for HARRIS »

1. sirrah

2. Sirrah

3. arrish

4. rarish

How to pronounce HARRIS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say HARRIS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HARRIS in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HARRIS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of HARRIS in a Sentence

1. Kamala Harris:

   I cannot wait to see [Harris] debate our current Vice President, Meeka Pints. Or is it Paints?

2. Cliff Tatum:

   The office is currentlyreviewing issuesandclaims made about Election Day and will include these findings in a post-elections report to be shared promptly with the Harris County ElectionsCommission and the County Commissioner Court.

3. Debbie Mesloh:

   Kamala Harris ' is disciplined enough to know what's going to be most effective and Kamala Harris ' doesn't have just one way of approaching things, kamala Harris ' can be that type of hard litigator like we saw with Brett Kavanaugh, but that's not Kamala Harris ' only way and it's not the only tool that Kamala Harris ' can use.

4. Laphonza Butler:

   What we have in Vice President Harris is a competent, capable, intelligent, authentic leader of color, people have to get comfortable seeing women, and women of color, in places of leadership, period.

5. Tom Werner:

   It helps a lot, i'm optimistic we'll have stable policy that creates a more positive environment for renewables with the Biden-Harris administration.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=HARRIS
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Harris
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=HARRIS
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=HARRIS