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A diminutive of the male given names Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerome, Jared, Jermaine, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, or similar male given names. quotations examples
..."I, incidentally, am Jeremy Wilson, and anyone who abbreviates that to 'Jerry' does so at unspeakable peril.""Oh really?" Kay asked. "Why?""Well, just a wartime hangover. We used to call the Germans 'Jerries'.""I don't know much about the German war."
1970, Santha Rama Rau, The Adventuress, page 157
A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn. examples
An unincorporated community in Asotin County, Washington, United States; named for early rancher Jerry McGuire. examples
plural Jerries
Alternative letter-case form of jerry: a chamber pot examples
(UK, US, ethnic slur, dated) A personification of the German people. quotations examples
[…] chucking your towel on the sunbed and making sure Jerry doesn't get there first.
2012, Bill Leckie, Penthouse and Pavement
(British, US, ethnic slur, dated) A German, particularly a male German. quotations examples
But Robert had been cheeriness itself, had told them to buck up and think of England, reminding them that moaning wasn’t going to beat the Jerries.
2012, Margaret James, The Penny Bangle, Harpenden: Choc Lit, page 43