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Pelletier

American  
[pel-i-teer, peluh-tyey] / ˌpɛl ɪˈtɪər, pɛləˈtjeɪ /

noun

  1. Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.


Pelletier British  
/ pɛltje /

noun

  1. Pierre Joseph (pjɛr ʒozɛf). 1788–1842, French chemist, who isolated quinine, chlorophyll, and other chemical substances

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Pelletier, a Lego fan himself, says he advises clients to avoid rooms with too much sunlight—lest bricks discolor—and use glassed-in cabinets to display creations, thereby avoiding dust.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

Pelletier has one Lego room for his children and is planning another for himself in a backyard pool house.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

Replacement Lucy Parker is used by Mitchell to bring similar high levels of energy off the bench and that decision might need to happen sooner than usual to counter Pelletier.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2025

After first-half tries from scrum-half Justine Pelletier, wing Asia Hogan-Rochester, centre Florence Symonds and second row Sophie de Goede, Canada headed down the tunnel 17 points clear.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

Pelletier expected to find him attached to some grand institution, so he was astounded to discover him teaching elementary arithmetic to boys in a small school on a back street.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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