Jerrys

Proper noun (1)

Jerry (plural Jerrys or Jerries)

1. A diminutive of the male given names Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jared, Jerome, Jermaine, Jerrold, and similar male given names.
   • We stated in our last that the award in this class was sent to Fowler & Vannatta’s Jerry, but this was a mistake which arose from the fact that there were two Jerrys in this class and both of them grade Herefords, one from Benton County, Ind., and one shown by Wallace Libby & Co., Ottawa, Ill. When...1886 November 25, “On the Block. A Grand Display of Meat at the Fat-Stock Show.”, in The Breeder’s Gazette. […], volume X, number 22 (261 overall), Chicago, Ill.: J[ames] H[arvey] Sanders & Co., […]...
2. A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn.
3. An unincorporated community in Asotin County, Washington, United States; named for early rancher Jerry McGuire.

Proper noun (2)

Jerry

1. (UK, US, dated, ethnic, slur) A personification of the German people.
   • Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort of heavy armament. All...2011 [1965], Olivia Manning, Friends And Heroes (The Balkan Trilogy), Random House, →ISBN

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