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perrier

perrier noun: a short mortar used for throwing stone shot.

Noun

perrier (plural perriers)

  1. (historical) A short mortar used for throwing stone shot.
    • FIrst there were sixe great gunnes, cannons perriers of brasse , that shot a stone of three foote and a halfe1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Perrier

Perrier (plural Perriers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of perrier

Noun
pluralperriers
Proper noun
pluralPerriers

Origin of perrier

Old French perriere, perrier, French perrière, pierrier. Compare pederero.

Questions about perrier

What does perrier mean?
Perrier means a short mortar used for throwing stone shot.
What part of speech is perrier?
Perrier can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of perrier?
The plural of perrier is perriers.

Words near perrier in the dictionary

  1. perrhenic acid
  2. Perri
  3. Perricone
  4. Perricones
  5. perridiculous
  6. perrier
  7. perriers
  8. perries
  9. Perrigny-lès-Dijon
  10. Perrigo
  11. Perrigos

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