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Peirce

Peirce proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Peirce

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Origin of Peirce

A variant of Piers.

Words formed from Peirce

Phrases with Peirce

Questions about Peirce

What does Peirce mean?
Peirce means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Peirce?
Peirce is a proper noun.

Words near Peirce in the dictionary

  1. Peipus
  2. peirameter
  3. peirameters
  4. peirastic
  5. peirastically
  6. Peirce
  7. Peirce arrow
  8. Peirce arrows
  9. Peirce's law
  10. Peircean
  11. Peirceanism

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