Pisan
Americannoun
adjective
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Pisan pictured a city of women; Lincoln believed in union; King had a dream.
From The New Yorker • May 29, 2017
The peacock dinner is suggested twice in Pound’s Pisan Cantos, which he wrote, accompanied only by his memories, decades later while imprisoned for treason in a six-foot-by-six-foot cage:
From The New Yorker • Feb. 24, 2015
He wrote his acclaimed Pisan Cantos during his stay.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 25, 2013
He shook hands with Pisan, his assistant coach, accepted congratulations and went back to watching video.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2012
The "Pisan gentleman" could not burden himself with a wife, without funds to help support her and himself.
From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.
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