Percy
Americannoun
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Sir Henry Hotspur, 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
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Thomas, 1729–1811, English poet and antiquary: bishop of Dromore 1782–1811.
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Walker, 1916–90, U.S. essayist and novelist.
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a male given name, form of Percival.
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Sir Henry, known as Harry Hotspur. 1364–1403, English rebel, who was killed leading an army against Henry IV
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Thomas. 1729–1811, English bishop and antiquary. His Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) stimulated the interest of Romantic writers in old English and Scottish ballads
Example Sentences
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His father, Percy, was a Jewish-British trader; his mother, Nelly, was the daughter of middle-class Viennese Jews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In her role as Sue in “Every Year After,” Cuthbert plays the mother of Charlie, played by Michael Bradway, and Sam, played by Matt Cornett, who falls in love with Percy, played by Sadie Soverall.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
As Walker Percy wrote in his 1961 novel, “The Moviegoer,” movies can reflect and express a people’s spiritual condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
But it could be lessened, Percy said, by local authorities embracing technological advances.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Koios lumbered off, almost knocking over Percy and Annabeth as they scrambled out of his way.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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