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]- (diminutive of Gerald, Gerard): Gerry, Jheri
- (female diminutive): Gerry, Geri, Gerri, Jeri, Jerri, Jerrie
Derived terms
[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.
- 2011 [1965], Olivia Manning, Friends And Heroes (The Balkan Trilogy)[1], Random House, →ISBN:
- Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort of heavy armament. All camouflaged. White.”
- 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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