Definition of Pereira

1. a type of Brazilian tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pereira

peregrinator
peregrinators
peregrine
peregrine-falcon
peregrine falcon
peregrine falcons
peregrines
peregrinities
peregrinity
peregrins
pereia
pereion
pereions
pereiopod
pereiopods
pereira (current term)
pereiras
perelles
perempt
perempted
perempting
peremption
peremptions
peremptorily
peremptoriness
peremptory
perempts
perencephaly
perendinate
perendinated

Literary usage of Pereira

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

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"The Committee, by a resolution passed at the same time, decided " that the pereira Medals be awarded by the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society under such ..."

2. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"pereira, (MANUEL,) a Portuguese sculptor of high reputation, was born in 1614. He worked in Spain, and died at Madrid in 1667. physician to the London ..."

3. Police Brutality in Urban Brazil by James Cavallaro (1997)
"Dary pereira Mota On February 11, 1991, a squad of three armed civil policemen from the Robberies and Thefts Precinct, with neither a search nor arrest ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana by Louisiana Supreme Court (1859)
"A. pereira et als. A lessor who Instead of resorting to the process of law, uses Intimidation or threats of police officers to expel the lessee, ..."

5. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1903)
"... there came to the said port a certain Portuguese armada, the chief commander of which, they said, was named Gonzalo pereira. He, after arriving at this ..."

6. The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a Concise View of the (1853)
"Dr pereira occupied deservedly a high position in his profession, ... Dr pereira was Physician to the London Hospital, and Examiner in Materia Medica and ..."

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