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Definition of Jerry
1. Noun. Offensive term for a person of German descent.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: German
Definition of Jerry
1. a. Flimsy; jerry- built.
Definition of Jerry
1. Proper noun. A nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name. ¹
2. Proper noun. A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn. ¹
3. Proper noun. An old nickname for a chamber pot (also refered to as a potty) (Dated UK) ¹
4. Proper noun. (British dated slang) German ¹
5. Noun. (British derogatory colloquial) A German. ¹
6. Noun. (British slang) A chamber pot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jerry
1. a German soldier [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerry
Literary usage of Jerry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1918)
"When Professor Marshall came back, a few minutes later, and Jerry told him what had
... Then he jumped up on Jerry Marshall; and because Larry weighed one ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"In preparing the articles on the Jerry words in the New English Dictionary' (section
published 1 January last) we made further investigation, with the help ..."
3. Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (1904)
"Jerry BARKER I NEVER knew a better man than my new master; he was kind and good,
and as strong for the right as John Manly; and so good- tempered and merry, ..."
4. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"Jerry had made one ineffectual attempt to escape, and the courage which he displayed,
... Jerry was imprisoned overnight in the police- office to await the ..."
5. American Familiar Verse, Vers de Société by Brander Matthews (1904)
"LITTLE Jerry, THE MILLER A BALLAD BENEATH the hill you may see the mill Of wasting
wood and crumbling stone ; The wheel is dripping and clattering still, ..."
6. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"Arr, The Dnke and the Duchess, when they travel through the land, How the pair
they will stare, with their high jerry ho ! They will yet fall a prey to the ..."
7. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1898)
""Jerry, I never forgot that act. How you waited until the other fellows tired
... You turned the tide, Jerry, by a master stroke, one worthy the hand of a ..."
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