Garry

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. To transport or convey something from one place to another ; a light horse-drawn vehicle available for public hire
2. To bear or move something by carrying it ; a hackney carriage drawn by horses and used as a taxi
3. To haul or convey cargo or passengers ; a vehicle drawn by horses that can be hired for travel

Etymology: Scottish botanist David Douglas named the Garry oak, the only oak native to western Canada and the American Pacific Northwest, after Nicholas Garry, a deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company who had supported Douglas's plant-collecting expeditions. The tree's common name thus preserves a fur-trade official's name in the botanical record. As a personal name, Garry is a short form of Gerald or Garrett. Gerald comes from Germanic elements meaning roughly "spear" and "rule," and Garrett is a variant of that same family of names. Garry was used as a given name in English and Scottish usage, and it later became a surname in its own right.

Synonyms: carriage, cart