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Peerce

American  
[peers] / pɪərs /

noun

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


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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

He keeps a tight rein on his cast, headed by the soprano Licia Albanese as Violetta and the tenor Jan Peerce as Alfredo.

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2010

Frank Peerce made his appearance, but declined to enter.

From "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. by Thomas Nast

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