Nez Percé

[ nez -purs; French ney per-sey ]

/ ˈnɛz ˈpɜrs; French neɪ pɛrˈseɪ /

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noun, plural Nez Per·cés

[nez -pur-siz; French ney per-sey], /ˈnɛz ˈpɜr sɪz; French neɪ pɛrˈseɪ/, (especially collectively) Nez Per·cé for 1.

a member of a North American Indian people of the Sahaptin family.

the Sahaptin language of the Nez Percé.

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Origin of Nez Percé

1805–15; <French: literally, pierced nose

Words nearby Nez Percé

next to, nexus, Ney, Neyagawa, Nezelof type of thymic alymphoplasia, Nez Percé, Nez Percé War, NF, NFA, NFB, NFC

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How to use Nez Percé in a sentence

The bushy-haired Russian Jew in the pince-nez was an ardent revolutionary but also a genuine democrat, or so the legend goes.
The Trotsky Legend Debunked|Michael Kazin|December 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Walter Fetherston glanced at the general through his pince-nez with a curious expression, but he did not join in the conversation.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
John Maltwood, the quiet, youngish-looking man in the gold pince-nez, was popular everywhere over the country-side.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
Every action of the doctor had been noted, and information of it conveyed to the quiet-mannered man in pince-nez.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux

Old Van's possible confidant, instead of immediately answering, again assumed the pince-nez.
The Awkward Age|Henry James
Good fellows on the whole, with their gladstone bags and their pince-nez and their unmistakable respectability.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Nez Percé

Nez Percé

/ (ˈnɛz ˈpɜːs, French ne pɛrse) /

noun

plural Nez Percés (ˈpɜːsɪz, French pɛrse) or Nez Percé a member of a North American Indian people of the Pacific coast, a tribe of the Sahaptin

the Sahaptin language of this people

Word Origin for Nez Percé

French, literally: pierced nose

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