noun
1. United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
• Syn: ↑Joel Harris, ↑Joel Chandler Harris
2. United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)
• Syn: ↑Zellig Harris, ↑Zellig Sabbatai Harris
3. United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)
• Syn: ↑Townsend Harris
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑diplomat, ↑diplomatist
4. Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
• Syn: ↑Frank Harris, ↑James Thomas Harris
5. 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)
• Syn: ↑Bomber Harris, ↑Sir Arthur Travers Harris
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑general, ↑full general, ↑marshal, ↑marshall
6. publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)
• Syn: ↑Benjamin Harris
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑publisher, ↑newspaper publisher
Useful english dictionary. 2012.