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perrot

perrot is the obsolete form of periot.

Meaning of periot

Noun

periot (plural periots)

  1. (obsolete) A unit of weight, 9,600 of which make a grain.

Proper noun capitalized: Perrot

Perrot

  1. A surname from French.
  2. Perrot, Sir John (1527-1592) was Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I of England.
  3. Perrot State Park, Wisconsin.

Forms of perrot

pluralperrots

Origin of perrot

From French Perrot.

Questions about perrot

What does perrot mean?
Perrot means a surname from French.
What is perrot the obsolete form of?
Perrot is the obsolete form of periot.
What part of speech is perrot?
Perrot is a proper noun.

Words near perrot in the dictionary

  1. perroquet auks
  2. perroquets
  3. Perros
  4. Perros-Guirec
  5. perrostral
  6. perrot
  7. perrots
  8. Perrott
  9. Perrotta
  10. Perrottas
  11. Perrotti

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perrot (page history and authors); Perrot (page history and authors); periot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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