Pershing

[pur-shing, -zhing]

noun

1. John Joseph Blackjack, 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.

2. Military.

   1. a 46-ton (42-metric ton) U.S. heavy tank of 1944–52, with a five-man crew and a 90 mm gun.

   2. a two-stage surface-to-surface ballistic missile.

Pershing

¹

/ ˈpɜːʃɪŋ /

noun

1. John Joseph, nickname Black Jack. 1860–1948, US general. He was commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe (1917–19)

Pershing

²

noun

1. a US ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear or conventional warhead

Example Sentences

The outspoken founder of Pershing Square Holdings spoke with WSJ about his mistakes, his anti-DEI crusades and why he still hates to pay for parking.

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The Pershing County sheriff’s office declined to comment on the manner in which Kruglov was killed or say whether the friend’s post was accurate.

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During L.A.’s recent heat wave, when temperatures regularly surpassed 90 degrees, a woman selling rose bouquets out of buckets at Pershing Square looked beleaguered while standing in the paltry shade of a tree.

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A festival-goer flagged down a Pershing County sheriff’s deputy to report the death in the campsite.

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On September 1, after news broke about the homicide, the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office sent out an official request for information from the public regarding the apparent homicide.

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