Crossword clues for harriet
harriet
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, the English equivalent of French Henriette, fem. diminutive of Harry.\n\nWe think that gentlemen lose a particle of their respect for young ladies who allow their names to be abbreviated into such cognomens as Kate, Madge, Bess, Nell, &c. Surely it is more lady-like to be called Catharine, Margaret, Eliza, or Ellen. We have heard the beautiful name Virginia degraded into Jinny; and Harriet called Hatty, or even Hadge.
[Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839]
Wikipedia
Harriet (c. 1830 – June 23, 2006) was a Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra porteri) who had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her death in Australia. Harriet is the third oldest tortoise, behind Tu'i Malila, who died in 1965 at the age of 188, and Adwaita, who died in 2006 at the estimated age of 255.
She was reportedly collected by Charles Darwin during his 1835 visit to the Galápagos Islands as part of his round-the-world survey expedition, transported to England, and then brought to her final home, Australia, by a retiring captain of the Beagle. However, some doubt was cast on this story by the fact that Darwin had never visited the island that Harriet originally came from.
Harriet is a female name. The name is an English version of the French Henriette, a female form of Henri. The male name Harry was formed in a similar way from Henry. All these names are derived from Henrik, which is ultimately derived from the Germanic name Heimiric, derived from the word elements heim, or " home" and ric, meaning "power, ruler". The male name Henry was first used in England by Normans. Popular nicknames for Harriet include Hattie, Hettie, Hennie, Harri/Harrie, and Etta/Ettie. The name can be lengthened to Harrietta or Henriette/ Henrietta.
The name was the 73rd most popular name for baby girls born in England and Wales in 2007. It last ranked in the top 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States in the 1960s.
Harriet (born Harriet Roberts, 1966, Sheffield, England) is a dance-pop singer. She released two singles, "Woman to Man" and "Temple of Love", in 1990, on EastWest/ Atlantic Records. "Temple of Love" cracked the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, peaking at #39. Her single also reached #14 on the US Billboard R&B chart. Harriet released an album, Woman To Man on East West Records, but is remembered only as a one-hit wonder in the US.
In 1991, Harriet took part in the Italian Song Festival in San Remo with the English version of the song "In questa città" (written by Pino Daniele and performed in Italian by Loredana Berté). The English version was titled, "All That We Are".
She co-wrote the song " Whatever You Need" with Russ Courtenay for Tina Turner's 1999 album, Twenty Four Seven.
In 2014, she released the digital album Reality containing ten tracks, under the name Harriet Roberts.
Harriet(t) may refer to:
- Harriet (name), a female name
- Harriet (singer) (born 1966), English dance pop singer.
- Harriet (band), an alternative americana band from Los Angeles.
- Harriet (tortoise) (1830–2006), Galápagos tortoise
- Harriet (blog), a blog of the Poetry Foundation1
- Harriet, Arkansas
- Harriett, Texas
Harriet is an American band from Los Angeles, California, fronted by song-writer and keyboard player Alex Casnoff (formerly of Dawes and Papa), with Henry Kwapis on drums, Patrick Kelly on electric bass, and Matt Blitzer on guitar.
Usage examples of "harriet".
Harriet, has a certainty of being admired and sought after, of having the power of chusing from among many, consequently a claim to be nice.
Now there were short flumes of rain they decided to stay in Leeuwarden for the rest of the day, and in spite of the worsening weather, they prowled happily up and down the narrow lanes, looking at the old, small houses, while Aede pointed out their architectural points, and when Harriet at length had had her fill, they strolled in and out of the shops, where she bought presents to take home--silver teaspoons and Makkum pottery, and tobacco for her father.
But the notion that Harriet might have run off willingly into the arms of the lovestruck Applegate was a possibility Gideon could not ignore.
Harriet Tubman raided plantations, leading black and white troops, and in one expedition freed 750 slaves.
Harriet was sitting writing postcards at the desk under the sitting-room window when she heard a car draw up outside.
Afterwards they walked slowly back to the car and on the way Harriet stopped to buy postcards so that Sieske and Wierd could say good-bye without her there to watch.
Harriet, keeping her torch steady so that the rescuers could see what they were doing, watched the reluctant weeds loose their last coils and slip back.
Harriet at present, the only mental provision she was making for the evening of life, was the collecting and transcribing all the riddles of every sort that she could meet with, into a thin quarto of hot-pressed paper, made up by her friend, and ornamented with ciphers and trophies.
Harriet peeled off her soaking anorak, bade the dog sit down and not stir and started to unpack the bags with a practised hand.
How often have I heard you say, that children should be always suffered to chuse for themselves, and that you would let my cousin Harriet do so?
Prior to that he had treated Harriet abysmally, even to the point of trying to turn Clarissa against her mother.
When he finally left the family to go and live with a woman who had been his lover for a number of years Clarissa was heartbroken, so much so that Harriet actually feared for her life.
Then she introduced me to the very good-looking Harriet Quimby, "who is an aviatrix!
Harriet kept trying to get my attention-Morton to firm up the contract with Bover, Albert to discuss the bioanalysis of the Heechee droppings somebody had collected, everybody to talk to me, about everything.
The long sleeves were gathered at the wrist and the neckline was filled in with a modest, pleated chemisette Harriet had pinned a fresh white lace cap on her untamed hair.