Barry vs Parry - What's the difference?
barry | parry |
, sometimes also used as a diminutive of Bartholomew.
derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
Any of a number of places, including a coastal town near Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom.
A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
(fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.
To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
* {{quote-news
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As a noun barry
is (heraldry) a field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.As a proper noun parry is
.barry
English
Etymology 1
Anglicized form of (etyl) Barra, short form of Fionnbharr, from .Proper noun
(en proper noun)Derived terms
* Diminutives: Baz, BazzaQuotations
* 1844 , , The Luck of Barry Lyndon (University of Michigan Press, 1999, ISBN 047211042X), page 44 *: I remembered that I had signed the documents Barry' Redmond instead of Redmond '''Barry'''; but what else could I do? - - - "Hark ye, Mr Fitzsimons," said I; "I will tell you why I was obliged to alter my name - which ''is'' ' Barry , and the best name in Ireland.Etymology 2
Proper noun
(en proper noun)References
* Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.parry
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(parries)Derived terms
* beat parry * opposition parry * yielding parryVerb
citation, page= , passage=Wojciech Szczesny was then called into action twice in a minute to parry fierce drives from Djebbour and Torossidis as Arsenal's back four looked all at sea.}}