Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun harris

6 senses of harris

Sense 1
Harris, Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris -- (United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2
Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris -- (United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992))
       INSTANCE OF=> linguist, polyglot -- (a person who speaks more than one language)

Sense 3
Harris, Townsend Harris -- (United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878))
       INSTANCE OF=> diplomat, diplomatist -- (an official engaged in international negotiations)

Sense 4
Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris -- (Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 5
Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
       INSTANCE OF=> marshal, marshall -- ((in some countries) a military officer of highest rank)

Sense 6
Harris, Benjamin Harris -- (publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713))
       INSTANCE OF=> publisher, newspaper publisher -- (the proprietor of a newspaper)