Percheron
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Percheron
1870–75; < French; named after Perche, French district where first bred
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The novel then shifts to recount the “contrapuntal fate” of Adelaide Percheron, an orphan raised by her grandmother in Pondicherry, a French settlement in India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Of all the horses in History Channel's 2015 miniseries "Texas Rising," Brendan Fraser's favorite was Pecas, a gray Percheron that got picked on by the more flamboyant mustangs.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2021
He also breeds and raises Clydesdale and Percheron draft horses.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2014
So she took matters into her own hands and was soon on the telephone to the Met, which purchased a Hereford bull and a Percheron stallion.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2010
He indicated the big Percheron, which stood staring off in an empty fashion into space.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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