Meaning of Harris | Babel Free

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1. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
   countable
2. The southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, an island in the Outer Hebrides and Western Isles council area, Scotland.
   uncountable
3. A dried preparation of the flowering tops or other parts of the cannabis plant used as a psychotropic drug.
   UK, slang, uncountable
4. A male given name.
   countable
5. A placename:
   countable, uncountable
6. A township in Lake Timiskaming, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
7. A village in the Rural Municipality of Harris, Saskatchewan, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
8. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
9. A number of places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
10. An unincorporated community in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana.
    countable, uncountable
11. A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
    countable, uncountable
12. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kansas.
    countable, uncountable
13. A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
    countable, uncountable
14. A minor city in Sullivan County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
15. A hamlet in Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
    countable, uncountable
16. An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
    countable, uncountable
17. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon.
    countable, uncountable
18. A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
19. A number of townships, including one each in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Harris Township.
    countable, uncountable
20. An abandoned settlement in Montserrat, destroyed by volcanic eruptions.
    countable, uncountable
21. Ellipsis of Harris County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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Examples

“In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own⟳ lives in the school library.”

“On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show⟳,” and in a lighthearted moment, explained — as she did during the last⟳ presidential election cycle — that in her blended family, her stepchildren affectionately call⟳ her Momala.”

“Her tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure⟳ of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap⟳ with a line in her convention speech: “Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences … of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.””

“I'd rather stay⟳ in with some harris than go to the pub after work⟳ tonight.”

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