harrier

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a persistent attacker
noun a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
noun hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals

From harry + -er.

Sir Henry's courteous indifference, however, was like a harrier. — The Zeppelin's Passenger, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
My sporting dogs consist of two pointers, two harriers and two setters. — Twenty years after, Alexandre Dumas
There they lay, ancient harriers of the Irish clans, Arnold and Eudo. — Changeling, and Other Stories, Donn Byrne

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