- harrier
[harrier 词源字典]
- harrier: see hare
[harrier etymology, harrier origin, 英语词源] - harrier (n.)
- "small hunting dog," 1540s, from Middle English hayrer (c. 1400), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle French errier "wanderer" [Barnhart], or associated with hare (n.), which they would have hunted. Influenced by harry (v.). The hawk genus (1550s) is from harry (v.).