Definition of "Harrie"

“Be careful, Logan, to remember how he spells his name. It is Harrie, and not Harry. This may be of great use to you when you come to be cross-questioned.”

1883, Caleb Harlan, chapter VII, in The Fate of Marcel, Philadelphia, Pa.: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 111

Clearing up a couple of minor errors in Mrs. Thayer’s squib, we would report that Mr. Lindeberg’s first name is Harrie, not Harry, and that his one-piece garment includes a collar in addition to shirt, shorts, and tie.

1938, The New Yorker, page 8

Harrie Brigham Chase, a young man on the state’s Supreme Court, was wholly unknown to Hand and his friends. As Hand told Taft, “[M]y heart sinks a little at a man who carries the name ‘Harrie.’”

2011, Gerald Gunther, Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, page 244

The Harries among us will soon have the opportunity to thirst in person. Harry Styles announced on Wednesday that he (and his enormous white sailor pants) is embarking on a world tour—aptly titled Love on Tour—in 2020.

2019 November 13, Michelle Ruiz, “Harry Styles, and His Sailor Pants, Are Going on Tour”, in Vogue‎, archived from the original on 14 November 2019

While the affirmations pages occasionally throw in a Harry Styles-inspired post, like @cletings’ “I will casually run into Harry Styles walking around Cleveland” post, Harries of CSU don’t have to look far to find where they belong. […] “All I hope to achieve is to help make a community of CSU Harries (someone talked about making a group chat and I think that would be so cool) and to make people laugh,” they said. […] Inspired after a friend showed them the “Harries of BGSU” account, they thought a CSU version would be fun and began to edit and post images of Harry Styles around campus and downtown, even giving the pop star a job at Subway.

2021 winter, Courtney Byrnes, “The CSU of Instagram”, in Vindicator, Cleveland State University, page 37

The “Harries” are now one of the biggest fan bases amongst teenagers.

2021 December, Cameron Chappell, “Love on Top”, in The Messenger, volume 20, number 1, Northview High School, page 27

Now, us “Harries” or Harry Styles fans were blessed with a new song on April 1st, but some people were worried that it was actually going to be an April Fools prank..

2022 April–May, Erin Krauss, “Harry’s House set to release May 20th”, in The Freedom Forum, volume 55, number 2, Freedom High School, page 3

HH [“Harry’s House”] is eagerly anticipated by international, self-proclaimed “Harries” everywhere and is being released on May 20th.

2022 April 18, Gracie Kibort, “As It Was”, in The Wake, volume 21, number 11, University of Minnesota, page 21

Calling all “Directioners” and “Harries” – Harry Styles, an unproblematic and multi-talented king, has done it again.

2022 May 13, Jess Johnson, “‘DWD’ shows different side, Harry Styles”, in Cardinal Points, volume 106, number 12, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, page A3

Harries, rejoice! Harry Styles’ third studio album, “Harry’s House,” is on the way.

2022 May 17, Mark Kennedy, “New this week: Harry Styles, ‘Angelyne’ and ‘The Valet’”, in Connecticut Post‎

During his gripping performance of "Sign of the Times" he took both a Ukrainian flag and a Pride flag from fans, wearing both throughout the song. For fans, it's small gestures like these that make them feel seen for who they are and what they believe in. For Giselle Roca, 25, a Harrie from Miami, these kinds of gestures have helped her become more self-assured.

2022 May 21, Cat Sposato, “Harry Styles' 'One Night Only' show brings fans from across the world to Long Island”, in NPR‎, archived from the original on 21 May 2022

Now in her early twenties, [Gabrielle] Foster is one of the better-known “Black Harries” on Twitter, as she was one of the first Black Harry Styles fans to organize efforts to win his public alliance with the Black Lives Matter movement.

2022 June 14, Kaitlyn Tiffany, Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

TikTok Harries in their droves have been documenting his penchant for bags too. In fact, there are many pictures of Harry roaming around and, in almost every one of them, he seems to be laden with them, like a 19th century packhorse.

2022 June 22, Alim Kheraj, “WTF does Harry Styles keep in his tote bags?”, in i-D‎, archived from the original on 22 June 2022

Despite this common knowledge (to Harries that is), the internet was overcome when it appearewd[sic] that Harry Styles, at the Venice International Film Festival preview of the psychological thriller “Don’t Worry Darling” (starring Harry Styles and Florence Pugh), spit on his co-star Chris Pine.

2022 September 19, Mary Lickona, “‘Don’t Worry Darling’ (But I am)”, in The Collegian, volume 108, number 4, University of Tulsa, page 7

OU’s resident Swifties and Harries united on the Gold Room dance floor at the Student Program Board (SPB) Harry Styles and Taylor Swift tribute night on Tuesday, Sept. 20.

2022 September 28, “SPB tribute night celebrates Harry Styles, Taylor Swift”, in The Oakland Post, volume 48, number 6, Oakland University, page 8

BETO O’ROURKE IS a Harrie. And Harry Styles stans Beto! Among the fans in the pit to watch Styles’ show in Austin Sunday night was O’Rourke, who’s running for governor of Texas.

2022 October 5, Tomás Mier, “Harry Styles Endorses Beto O’Rourke (Who Was in Attendance) During His Show in Austin”, in Rolling Stone‎, archived from the original on 5 October 2022

Are they a Harrie? Trick question, we all are. They'll love this pick and mix set from Harry Styles' brand Pleasing that includes every nail polish drop from previous collections.

2022 December 13, Hanna Flanagan, Megan Uy, Kim Duong, Daisy Maldonado, “69 Best Gifts for Teenage Girls That They'll Completely Obsess Over”, in Cosmopolitan‎, archived from the original on 15 December 2022