terry

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹi/

The English word “terry” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.
Any makeshift cloth nappy folded from a large piece of absorbent fabric and held in place by a nappy pin or nappy fastener; a flat nappy.
A terrorist

Of uncertain origin, possibly French tiré (“drawn out”), past participle of tirer (“to draw out”).

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