- to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
- to turn aside; evade or dodge: to parry an embarrassing question.
- to parry a thrust, blow, etc.
- an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- a defensive movement in fencing.
- U.S. classical scholar and philologist.
- English Arctic explorer.
- to ward off (an attack) by blocking or deflecting, as in fencing
- to evade (questions), esp adroitly
- an act of parrying, esp (in fencing) using a stroke or circular motion of the blade
- a skilful evasion, as of a question
- Sir (Charles) Hubert (Hastings). 1848–1918, English composer, noted esp for his choral works
- Sir William Edward. 1790–1855, English arctic explorer, who searched for the Northwest Passage (1819–25) and attempted to reach the North Pole (1827)
