Harrier

Harrier

Harrier can mean:
* Harrier Jump Jet vertical take-off and landing fighter/attack aircraft and derivatives:
** Hawker Siddeley Harrier - 1st generation Harrier
** BAE Sea Harrier - Maritime strike/air defence fighter
** AV-8 Harrier II - 2nd generation Harrier
** BAE Harrier II - 2nd generation Harrier used by the UK
* Hawker Harrier - experimental biplane torpedo bomber aircraft built in the 1920s
* Harrier (dog)
* Harrier (bird), several species of birds
* Harrier hawk, a species of falcon
* A cross-country runner, such as a member of the Hash House Harriers
* Toyota Harrier, an automobile
* Space Harrier, a video game series
* Kidderminster Harriers F.C., an English football team


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