Jerry
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɹi
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jerry
- A diminutive of the male given names Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerome, Jared, Jermaine, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, or similar male given names.
- 1970, Santha Rama Rau, The Adventuress, page 157:
- ..."I, incidentally, am Jeremy Wilson, and anyone who abbreviates that to 'Jerry' does so at unspeakable peril."
"Oh really?" Kay asked. "Why?"
"Well, just a wartime hangover. We used to call the Germans 'Jerries'."
"I don't know much about the German war."
- A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn.
- An unincorporated community in Asotin County, Washington, United States; named for early rancher Jerry McGuire.
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
Jerry (plural Jerries)
- Alternative letter-case form of jerry: a chamber pot
Etymology 3[edit]
A clipped form of German popularized during the First World War.
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Jerry
- (UK, US, ethnic slur, dated) A personification of the German people.
- 2012, Bill Leckie, Penthouse and Pavement:
- […] chucking your towel on the sunbed and making sure Jerry doesn't get there first.
Noun[edit]
Jerry (plural Jerries)
Usage notes[edit]
Reused during World War II and used since that war to connote lingering animosity or enmity towards Germans or Germany.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
slang: German — see Fritz
German — see German
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Jerry. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1906.
Proper noun[edit]
Jerry c (genitive Jerrys)
- a male given name
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