Harrison

Definitions: Harrison

Harrison

Noun

1. English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990).

2. English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (born in 1943).

3. 23rd President of the United States (1833-1901).

4. 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841).

"Harrison" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a home ruler".

Date "Harrison" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Synonyms: Harrison

Synonyms: Benjamin Harrison (n), George Harrison (n), President Benjamin Harrison (n), President Harrison (n), President William Henry Harrison (n), Reginald Carey Harrison (n), Rex Harrison (n), Sir Rex Harrison (n), William Henry Harrison (n). (additional references)

Harrison is the name of some places in the United States of America:

Harrison, Arkansas
Harrison, Maine
Harrison, Michigan
Harrison, Nebraska
Harrison, New Jersey
Harrison, New York
Harrison, Ohio
Harrison, Tennessee
Harrison, Wisconsin
Harrison Township, Michigan
Harrison Township, Pennsylvania

In addition, there are places named Harrisonburg.

There was also:

Harrison Automobile

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hi, Homer, I'm George Harrison. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Dizzy Harrison, please pick your balls up and scrotum, that's balls and scrotum at counter 5. (The New Guy; writing credit: David Kendall) You look like Harrison Ford. (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime Garc�a Estrada)
Lyrics	Like Harrison Ford I'm getting Frantic ("One Week"; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)
Movie/TV Titles	Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974) Take Time with Noel Harrison (1974) La Venganza de Clark Harrison (1965) The Naked World of Harrison Marks (1965) Die Perlen der Lady Harrison (1922)
Song Titles	All Those Years Ago (performing artist: George Harrison) Blow Away (performing artist: George Harrison) Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) (performing artist: George Harrison) Got My Eyes Set On You (performing artist: George Harrison) My Sweet Lord (performing artist: George Harrison)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George Harrison (reference) Conversations With Jim Harrison (Literary Conversations Series (Paper)) (reference) Harrison (reference) Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Harrison County Happenings (reference) Harrison County Historical Society Newsletter (reference) Harrison Heritage (reference) Our Harrison Heritage (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Harrison Ford Collection (The Fugitive / Presumed Innocent / Frantic) (reference) Wendell Harrison & Mama's Licking Stick Clarinet Ensemble (reference) Harrison Ford Collection (The Fugitive - Special Edition/Presumed Innocent/Frantic) (reference) Harrison Ford Gift Set (Blade Runner, The Fugitive, Presumed Innocent) (reference) Rhythmic Visions, With Gavin Harrison (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Harrison Birtwistle: Refrains and Choruses (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to boulder at Taurus-Littrow during third EVA.Credit: NASA.		Thomas Alexander Harrison Self-portrait when an old man With C&GS from 1874-1878.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	San Diego, California Survey by Sub-Assistant A.M. Harrison, 1851 Topographic Survey T-333.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Leybourn's plane table. In: "Historical Account of the Plane Table" by A. M. Harrison, 1875. This is a handwritten unpublished manuscript. Library Call Number TA571 .H37 1875.Credit: Treasures of the Library.
	Ozanam's cartoon plane table. In: "Historical Account of the Plane Table" by A. M. Harrison, 1875. This is a handwritten unpublished manuscript. Library Call Number TA571 .H37 1875.Credit: Treasures of the Library.		Felch, I.K. Poultry Culture. Chicago: W.H. Harrison, Jr., 1887.Credit: USDA.
	Caption: Employees of the Edison Decorative and Miniature Lamp Dept., Harrison Lamp Works, Including W.H. Meadowcroft at Right, and Francis Upton at Left; Harrison, NJ; 1889; {10.120/35} (jpg).		U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Harrison, Mont. : Exterior view.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	A frightened farmer carries his wife, stricken down with tetanus, to the People's Health Centre in Savar ... / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by P. Harrison..		Moored at the Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia, where she is display ship, 1984. The small harbor tug YTL-710 is in the foreground, with two of her crew coiling a line on her after deck. Photographed by JOCS Kirby Harrison, USN.Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
William Harrison	Times change, and we change with them.
William Henry Harrison	A decent and manly examination of the acts of the Government should be not only tolerated, but encouraged.
	We admit of no government by divine right, the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Eds. W.J. Martone, W. Schaffner, M. Collins, L.H. Harrison, B.A. Perkins, G. Peter, N.E. Rosenstein. (references)
		Harrison, R.J., Vugia, D.J., and Ascher, M.S. (1990). Occupational health guidelines for control of Q fever in sheep research. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Harrison" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.09% of the time. "Harrison" is used about 878 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	99.09%	870	8,151
Noun (singular)	0.91%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	878	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Harrison" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Harrison	First name Male	14,000	568
Harrison	Last name	76,000	115
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Harrison" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a home ruler".

The following table summarizes names related to "Harrison."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Hal	Male	English	Harry
Harriet	Female	English	Harry
Harriett	Female	English	Harry
Harrietta	Female	English	Harry
Harriette	Female	English	Harry
Harris	Male	English	Harry
Harrison	Male	English	Harry
Harry	Male	English	Henry
Henry	Male	English	N/A
Parry	Male	Welsh	Harry
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Harrison, AR (city, FIPS 30460)
Location: 36.24188 N, 93.11946 W
Population (1990): 9922 (4584 housing units)
Area: 22.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 72601
Country: USA

2. Harrison, GA (town, FIPS 36920)
Location: 32.82593 N, 82.72585 W
Population (1990): 414 (171 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 31035
Country: USA

3. Harrison, ID (city, FIPS 35200)
Location: 47.45241 N, 116.78042 W
Population (1990): 226 (132 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 83833
Country: USA

4. Harrison, ME
Zip Code(s): 04040
Country: USA

5. Harrison, MI (CDP, FIPS 36845)
Location: 42.58625 N, 82.82020 W
Population (1990): 24685 (10616 housing units)
Area: 36.6 sq km (land), 24.9 sq km (water)
Country: USA

6. Harrison, MI (city, FIPS 36800)
Location: 44.01737 N, 84.80727 W
Population (1990): 1835 (1127 housing units)
Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 48625
Country: USA

7. Harrison, MT
Zip Code(s): 59735
Country: USA

8. Harrison, NE (village, FIPS 21240)
Location: 42.68802 N, 103.88163 W
Population (1990): 291 (192 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 69346
Country: USA

9. Harrison, NJ (town, FIPS 30210)
Location: 40.74350 N, 74.15340 W
Population (1990): 13425 (5120 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Country: USA

10. Harrison, NY (village, FIPS 32402)
Location: 41.02258 N, 73.72020 W
Population (1990): 23308 (7984 housing units)
Area: 43.6 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 10528
Country: USA

11. Harrison, OH (city, FIPS 33838)
Location: 39.24987 N, 84.79303 W
Population (1990): 7518 (2662 housing units)
Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 45030
Country: USA

12. Harrison, SD
Zip Code(s): 57344
Country: USA

13. Harrison, TN (CDP, FIPS 32600)
Location: 35.12790 N, 85.14602 W
Population (1990): 7191 (2709 housing units)
Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 4.8 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 37341
Country: USA

14. Harrison, WV
Zip Code(s): 25105
Country: USA

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Expression: Harrison

Expressions using "Harrison": Benjamin Harrison ♦ George Harrison ♦ harrison ar ♦ Harrison City ♦ Harrison County ♦ Harrison Township ♦ Harrison Valley ♦ president Benjamin Harrison ♦ president Harrison ♦ president William Henry Harrison ♦ Reginald Carey Harrison ♦ Rex Harrison ♦ Sir Rex Harrison ♦ W Harrison ♦ West Harrison ♦ William Harrison Dempsey ♦ William Harrison Hays ♦ William Henry Harrison. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Harrison": Harrison-hall, harrison-like, Harrison-towns.
	Ending with "Harrison": double-harrison.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Harrison

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
harrison ford	3,328
george harrison	966
teri harrison	648
mya harrison	511
harrison hot springs	417
harrison ny	411
harrison	401
harrison ar	394
randy harrison	301
harrison nj	259
harrison township mi	231
harrison daily times	173
harrison mi	162
harrison hecht lee	140
linda harrison	132
harrison ford movie	132
jenilee harrison	121
harrison arkansas	118
harrison marie teri	103
emma harrison	103
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Harrison

Language		Translations for "Harrison"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�"�里逊. (various references)

Danish		Harrisons urethroskop (Harrison anterior urethroscope), Harrisons operation (Harrison operation), Harrisons fure (Harrison groove), Harrison-reflex (Harrison reflex), Harrison bougie (Harrison whip), cervixdilatation a.m.Harrison (Harrison method). (various references)

Dutch		Harrisonse groeve (Harrison groove), urethroscoop van Harrison (Harrison anterior urethroscope), sulcus van Harrison (Harrison groove), methode van Harrison (Harrison method, Harrison's method), groeve van Harrison (Harrison groove), bougie van Harrison (Harrison whip). (various references)

French		urétroscope de Harrison (Harrison anterior urethroscope), sillon de Harrison (Harrison groove), réflexe de Harrison (Harrison reflex), dilatation digitale du col de Harrison (Harrison method), décapsulation rénale de Harrison (Harrison operation), bougie de Harrison (Harrison whip). (various references)

German		Harrisson Reflex (Harrison reflex), Harrison-Operation (Harrison operation), Harrison-Methode (Harrison method), Harrison Urethroskop (Harrison anterior urethroscope), Harrison Linie (Harrison groove), Harrison Grube (Harrison groove), Harrison Furche (Harrison groove), Harrison Bougie (Harrison whip). (various references)

Greek		κηρίο Harrison (Harrison whip), μέθοδος Harrison (Harrison method), εγχείρηση Harrison (Harrison operation), αύλακα Harrison (Harrison groove), αντανακλαστικό Harrison (Harrison reflex), ουρηθροσκόπιο του Harrison (Harrison anterior urethroscope). (various references)

Italian		uretroscopio di Harrison (Harrison anterior urethroscope), solco diaframmatico (Harrison groove), solco di Harrison (Harrison groove), riflesso di Harrison (Harrison reflex), operazione di Harrison (Harrison operation), metodo di Harrison (Harrison method, Harrison's method), candeletta di Harrison (Harrison whip), bugia di Harrison (Harrison whip). (various references)

Pig Latin		arrisonhay

Portuguese		uretroscopia anterior de Harrison (Harrison anterior urethroscope), sulco de Harrinson (Harrison groove), reflexo de Harrison (Harrison reflex), operação de Harrison (Harrison operation), método de Harrison (Harrison method, Harrison's method), dilatação digital do colo de Harrison (Harrison method), bugia de Harrison (Harrison whip). (various references)

Spanish		uretroscopio anterior de Harrison (Harrison anterior urethroscope), surco de Harrison (Harrison groove), reflejo de Harrison (Harrison reflex), operación de Harrison (Harrison operation), método de Harrison (Harrison method, Harrison's method), candelilla de Harrison (Harrison whip). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Harrison

Misspellings
	"Harrison" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arrinson, arrison, Harasov, Harison, Harmison, Harragon, Harriston, Harryson, Harson, Hernriksen, Herrison, Iarrasen, Iarreson, Kharusan, Margisson, Marrison. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Harrison

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-h-i-n-o-r-r-s"
	-2 letters: arshin, arsino, norias, rhinos, shairn, shoran, sirrah.
	-3 letters: airns, arris, arson, hairs, hoars, horas, horns, irons, naris, noirs, noria, noris, ohias, ornis, orris, rains, ranis, rhino, roans, roars, rosin, sarin, sharn, shirr, shorn, sirra, sonar.
	-4 letters: ains, airn, airs, anis, hair, hins, hisn, hoar, hons, hora, horn, inro, ions, iron, naoi, naos, noir, nori, nosh, oars, ohia, orra, osar, rain, rani, rash, rhos, rias, rins, roan, roar, sain, sari, shin, shri, sinh, soar, sora, sori, sorn.
	-5 letters: ain, air, ais, ani, ars, ash, hao, has, hin, his, hon, ins, ion, nah, noh, nor, nos, oar, ohs, ons, ora, ors, rah, ran, ras, rho, ria, rin, sha, sin, sir, son, sri.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-i-n-o-r-r-s"
	+2 letters: franchisor, honoraries.
	+3 letters: chairperson, chrysarobin, franchisors, harmonizers, hibernators, honorariums, parishioner.
	+4 letters: archosaurian, chairpersons, chiromancers, chiropterans, chlorinators, chrysarobins, menorrhagias, parishioners, prehistorian, rehydrations, renographies, rhetoricians, synarthrosis.
	+5 letters: airworthiness, cochairperson, copartnership, iconographers, normothermias, orchestrating, orchestration, pornographies, prehistorians, sharecropping, synarthrodial, terpsichorean, transthoracic, trichopterans, uranographies.
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