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Peerce

American  
[peers] / pɪərs /

noun

  1. Jan Jacob Pincus Perelmuth, 1904–84, U.S. opera singer.


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Impressed, Mr. Peerce arranged for Roberta to study with Mr. Herman, whose students included the Metropolitan Opera coloratura Patrice Munsel, who died last year.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2017

I knew he liked Jan Peerce, who was a tenor.

From The Guardian Oct. 22, 2015

“We had decades of harsh sentencing,” said Marjorie J. Peerce, a partner at Ballard Spahr in New York, whose lawyers have been screening clemency applications.

From Washington Post Feb. 28, 2015

Murray is “extremely distressed that he has been charged,” his lawyer, Marjorie Peerce, said in an interview.

From BusinessWeek Sep. 15, 2011

Although Peerce has been one of America's most beloved singers for almost half a century, it was not for sentimental reasons alone that he was treated with such acclaim that evening.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max

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