Jerry

See also: jerry

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛri/
  • Rhymes: -ɛri

Etymology 1

Diminutive of Jeremy, Jerome, Gerald, Jerrold, Gerard, and related names. Use in reference to a chamber pot probably derives from jeroboam or Jeroboam (“large bowl; very large wine bottle”).[1]

Proper noun

Jerry

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerome, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard or similar male given names.
    Hello, Jerry!
    Hello,     Newman.
    • 1970, Santha Rama Rau, The Adventuress, p. 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."
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn.
  3. A male given name.

Noun

Jerry (plural Jerries)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of jerry: a chamber pot.
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:chamber pot

See also

Etymology 2

A clipped form of German popularized during the First World War.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Jerry

  1. (Britain, US, ethnic slur, dated) A personification of the German people generally.

Noun

Jerry (plural Jerries)

  1. (Britain, US, ethnic slur, dated) A German, particularly a male German.
Usage notes

Reused during World War II and used since that war to connote lingering animosity or enmity towards Germans or Germany.

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References

  1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "jerry, n.²".

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Jerry.

Proper noun

Jerry

  1. a male given name

Swedish

Etymology

From English Jerry. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1906.

Proper noun

Jerry c (genitive Jerrys)

  1. A male given name.
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