harris

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
  2. noun United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)
  3. noun United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)

Etymology

* (rhyming slang): Ellipsis of harris tweed (“weed, marijuana”); from Harris tweed.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris

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