perry

[ per-ee ]

noun,plural per·ries.
  1. a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.

Origin of perry

1
1275–1325; Middle English pereye<Middle French perey, variant of pere ≪ Vulgar Latin *pirātum (Latin pir(a) pear + -ātum, neuter of -ātus-ate1)

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Other definitions for Perry (2 of 2)

Perry
[ per-ee ]

noun
  1. Antoinette, 1888–1946, U.S. actress, theatrical manager, and producer.

  2. Bliss, 1860–1954, U.S. educator, literary critic, and editor.

  1. Frederick John "Fred", 1909–1995, British tennis player.

  2. Matthew Cal·braith [kal-breyth], /ˈkæl breɪθ/, 1794–1858, U.S. commodore.

  3. his brother, Oliver Hazard, 1785–1819, U.S. naval officer.

  4. Ralph Barton, 1876–1957, U.S. philosopher and educator.

  5. a male given name: from a Middle English word meaning “pear tree.”

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How to use perry in a sentence

  • "You have give a limb," repeated perry, emphasizing the announcement by shaking his finger at the old man.

  • perry's arms fell gracefully to his side and he inclined his head and half closed his eyes in acknowledgment.

  • So it came that I struggled to my crutches and broke rudely in on perry Thomas's peroration.

  • Tim says more by the vigor of his smoking than perry Thomas could express in a year's oration.

  • "perry Thomas guessed he was an embezzler," said Tim, putting the last dish in the cupboard and sitting down to his pipe.

British Dictionary definitions for perry (1 of 2)

perry

/ (ˈpɛrɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. alcoholic drink made of pears, similar in taste to cider

Origin of perry

1
C14 pereye, from Old French peré, ultimately from Latin pirum pear

British Dictionary definitions for Perry (2 of 2)

Perry

/ (ˈpɛrɪ) /


noun
  1. Fred (erick John). 1909–95, English tennis and table-tennis player; world singles table-tennis champion (1929); as a tennis player he won eight Grand Slam singles titles including the US Open three times (1933–34, 1936) and Wimbledon three times (1934–36)

  2. Grayson . born 1960, English potter, embroiderer, and film-maker; won the Turner Prize (2003).

  1. Matthew Calbraith. 1794–1858, US naval officer, who led a naval expedition to Japan that obtained a treaty (1854) opening up Japan to western trade

  2. his brother, Oliver Hazard. 1785–1819, US naval officer. His defeat of a British squadron on Lake Erie (1813) was the turning point in the War of 1812, leading to the recapture of Detroit

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