harrier
- n a persistent attacker
- n a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- n hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
harrier eagle
- n any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles
harriet beecher stowe
- n United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
harriet elizabeth beecher stowe
- n United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
harriet tubman
- n United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)
harriet wilson
- n author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
harriman
- n United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
- n United States railway tycoon (1848-1909)
harris
- n United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
- n United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)
- n United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)
- n Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
- 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)
- n publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)
harrisburg
- n capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state
harrisia
- n genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America