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Hassie

Hassie proper noun: a diminutive of the female given names Harriet and Hazel.

Proper noun

Hassie

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Harriet and Hazel.
    • My little brother, he couldn't say Harriet. He called me 'Hassie'. 'Hassie' it's been ever since. I don't like it, but I giss nobody never had a name like it in the world.1985, Arthur C. Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 284
    • ... Grace and Robert Garner in Hickman, Nebraska, the movers, namely, Terry Reynolds and his wife, Hazel “Hassie” Reynolds, Tina Walker, and the Garners, ...1990, Reports of Cases Decided Between ... in the Supreme Court of Nebraska

Origin of Hassie

From Harriet, Hazel and rare similar sounding names such as Haseltine, Haroldson + diminutive suffix -y.

Questions about Hassie

What does Hassie mean?
Hassie means a diminutive of the female given names Harriet and Hazel.
What part of speech is Hassie?
Hassie is a proper noun.

Words near Hassie in the dictionary

  1. Hassidic
  2. Hassidim
  3. Hassidish
  4. Hassidism
  5. Hassids
  6. Hassie
  7. Hassinger
  8. Hassingers
  9. Hassingham
  10. hassium
  11. hassium-270

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