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name
A topographic surname from Old English derived from the Old English pyrige (“a pear tree”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A unisex given name.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A unisex given name.
A diminutive of the unisex given name Peregrine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1467).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A place in England:
A hamlet in Preston parish and Wingham parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2559).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A place in England:
A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0792).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A place in England:
A minor river in Shropshire, which joins the Severn north-west of Shrewsbury; in full, the River Perry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Perry County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Taylor County, Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A city, the county seat of Houston County, Georgia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Pike County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Dallas County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Jefferson County, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A town in Washington County, Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A city in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A minor city in Ralls County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A town in Wyoming County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A village in the town of Perry and town of Castile, Wyoming County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A village in Lake County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A city, the county seat of Noble County, Oklahoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union County, Oregon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A town in Aiken County, South Carolina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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An unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A city in Box Elder County, Utah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Perry Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple cider.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: pear cider, pear wine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drink, beverage
noun
a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant
noun
United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Oliver Hazard Perry, Commodore Perry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commodore
noun
United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Matthew Calbraith Perry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: naval officer
noun
United States philosopher (1876-1957)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Ralph Barton Perry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: philosopher
History
From Middle English perre; from Old French peré; from Vulgar Latin *piratum; from Latin pirum.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
