Jerry

Etymology 1
Diminutive of Jeremy, Jerome, Gerald, Jerrold, Gerard, and related names.

Proper noun

 * 1) A nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name.
 * 2) A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn.

Quotations

 * 1970 Santha Rama Rau: The Adventuress. Harper&Row. page 157:
 * - - - 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."

Etymology 2
by shortening of German

Proper noun

 * 1)  German

Synonyms

 * Boche
 * Fritz
 * Kraut

Derived terms

 * jerrycan

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