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• perry
  perry

  noun

  a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
• Perry
  Perry

  noun

  Antoinette, 1888–1946, U.S. actress, theatrical manager, and producer.

perry

¹ American  

[per-ee] / ˈpɛr i /

noun

• perries
  plural

1. a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.

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Perry ² American  

[per-ee] / ˈpɛr i /

noun

1. Antoinette, 1888–1946, U.S. actress, theatrical manager, and producer.

2. Bliss, 1860–1954, U.S. educator, literary critic, and editor.

3. Frederick John Fred, 1909–1995, British tennis player.

4. Matthew Calbraith 1794–1858, U.S. commodore.

5. his brother Oliver Hazard, 1785–1819, U.S. naval officer.

6. Ralph Barton, 1876–1957, U.S. philosopher and educator.

7. a male given name: from a Middle English word meaning “pear tree.”

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Perry ¹ British  

/ ˈpɛrɪ /

noun

1. Fred ( erick John ). 1909–95, English tennis and table-tennis player; world singles table-tennis champion (1929); as a tennis player he won eight Grand Slam singles titles including the US Open three times (1933–34, 1936) and Wimbledon three times (1934–36)

2. Grayson . born 1960, English potter, embroiderer, and film-maker; won the Turner Prize (2003).

3. Matthew Calbraith. 1794–1858, US naval officer, who led a naval expedition to Japan that obtained a treaty (1854) opening up Japan to western trade

4. his brother, Oliver Hazard. 1785–1819, US naval officer. His defeat of a British squadron on Lake Erie (1813) was the turning point in the War of 1812, leading to the recapture of Detroit

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perry ² British  

/ ˈpɛrɪ /

noun

1. alcoholic drink made of pears, similar in taste to cider

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• perries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of perry

1275–1325; Middle English pereye < Middle French perey, variant of pere ≪ Vulgar Latin *pirātum ( Latin pir ( a ) pear + -ātum, neuter of -ātus -ate ¹ )

Example Sentences

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perry Perry

"I hope Matthew perry is okay. He doesn’t look so good man," one user wrote.

From Fox News ● May 20, 2021

Cider – and perry – should be celebrated in its own right as a fine British drink that was enjoyed long before English wine was ever A Thing.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2020

The orchard has about 6,000 trees, including more than 20 varieties of traditional European and early American cider apples and perry pears.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2018

Pear cider, or perry, dominates its nonapple offerings.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2017

Richard Kingsmill, who patented land at Archer's Hope, James City, in 1626, planted there a pear orchard, and reported later that he had made from fruit gathered there some forty or fifty butts of perry.

From Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Annie Lash Jester

It is the debut novel by Perry, who is also a poet and a former competitive trampolinist.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

That’s according to Chris Perry, who last year founded the company Andus Labs with a goal of helping Fortune 500 companies execute on their AI transformations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The BBC's Caitríona Perry spoke to Kerry Kennedy, the niece of late president John F Kennedy, about demolition threats to the performance centre named after him.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

And no, he has not asked anyone to bring Katy Perry to see him or mentioned her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Having discarded his work uniform, he wore gray khakis, a matching shirt, and, like Perry, ankle-high black boots.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote