Definition of Bierce

1. Noun. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914).

Exact synonyms: Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bierce

Biebs
Biederman
Biederman's sign
Biedermeier
Biedl
Biella
Bielorussian
Bielorussians
Bielschowsky's disease
Bielschowsky's sign
Bielschowsky's stain
Bier's amputation
Bier's hyperaemia
Bier's method
Bierce (current term)
Biermer's anaemia
Biermer's disease
Biermer's sign
Biernacki's sign
Biesiadecki's fossa
Big5
Big Apple
Big Bad Wolf
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bang
Big Ben
Big Bend
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend patchnose snake

Literary usage of Bierce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1911)
"The condition of the foregoing obligation is as follows: That whereas the said William W. Bierce, Limited, has begun in the circuit court of the third ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"McFarland, Special Judge, delivered the On 10th February, 1886, CW Frazer, now deceased, sold to WW Bierce a lot in Memphis, and executed a deed to him. ..."

3. California the Wonderful: Her Romantic History, Her Picturesque People, Her by Edwin Markham, Leonore MacKay (1914)
"Bierce: Satire, Romance, Philosophy Ambrose Bierce looms large in literary ... The genius of Ambrose Bierce travels in many fields—in romance, satire, ..."

4. American Book Prices Current (1917)
"Bierce (Ambrose).—Con tinned. Cl.. S., Jan. 24, '17. (182) $5.00. CL, S., Apr. 27, ... [By Ambrose Bierce and GA Danziger.] First edition. Chicago, 1892. ..."

5. The Bookman (1910)
"... it Three instances of the prophetic powers of Mr. Ambrose Bierce are cited in the preface to his new volume, The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essa\s. ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1911)
"The condition of the foregoing obligation is as follows: That whereas the said William W. Bierce, Limited, has begun in the circuit court of the third ..."

7. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"McFarland, Special Judge, delivered the On 10th February, 1886, CW Frazer, now deceased, sold to WW Bierce a lot in Memphis, and executed a deed to him. ..."

8. California the Wonderful: Her Romantic History, Her Picturesque People, Her by Edwin Markham, Leonore MacKay (1914)
"Bierce: Satire, Romance, Philosophy Ambrose Bierce looms large in literary ... The genius of Ambrose Bierce travels in many fields—in romance, satire, ..."

9. American Book Prices Current (1917)
"Bierce (Ambrose).—Con tinned. Cl.. S., Jan. 24, '17. (182) $5.00. CL, S., Apr. 27, ... [By Ambrose Bierce and GA Danziger.] First edition. Chicago, 1892. ..."

10. The Bookman (1910)
"... it Three instances of the prophetic powers of Mr. Ambrose Bierce are cited in the preface to his new volume, The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essa\s. ..."

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