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Harris

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Harris

1
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United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
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United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)
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United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)
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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)
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publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)
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Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Harris
1

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

Synonyms:
Joel Chandler Harris, Joel Harris
Example of:
author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
2

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

Synonyms:
Townsend Harris
Example of:
diplomat, diplomatist
an official engaged in international negotiations
3

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

Synonyms:
Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris
Example of:
linguist, polyglot
a person who speaks more than one language
4

n 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)

Synonyms:
Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris
Example of:
full general, general
a general officer of the highest rank
marshal, marshall
(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
5

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

Synonyms:
Benjamin Harris
Example of:
newspaper publisher, publisher
the proprietor of a newspaper
6

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

Synonyms:
Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris
Example of:
author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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