Definition of Pearce

1. Proper noun. (surname from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pearce

1. perce [v PEARCED, PEARCING, PEARCES] - See also: perce

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearce

peanut worm
peanutlike
peanuts
peanutty
peapod
peapods
pear
pear-shaped
pear-shaped area
pear blight
pear haw
pear hawthorn
pear of anguish
pear tree
pear trees
pearce (current term)
pearced
pearceite
pearces
pearch
pearches
pearcing
peare
peares
pearl
pearl-ash
pearl-bordered fritillaries
pearl-bordered fritillary
pearl-fish
pearl-necklace

Literary usage of Pearce

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"pearce upon thanking Parker received a present of fifty ... Parker upon becoming chancellor in 1718 appointed pearce to a chaplaincy. ..."

2. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most by George Adolphus Hanson (1876)
"6th June 1734, Gideon pearce, a grandson of William pearce, ... WILLIAM pearce, son of the High Sheriff of Cecil, represented Cecil in the Legislature of ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"signed to Ham and pearce by Kuykendall, acting as attorney in fact for Frick, and that Ham and pearce sublet the contract to Wickwire on iuch terms as would ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hyde East, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"And that the said Richard pearce appointed the said Catherine Wilkinson (then Catherine pearce) and John Bagwell executors and trustees for his said wife. ..."

5. Pennsylvania Archives ...by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1899)
"... Isaac xxi, 479 pearce, Charles xxii, 480 Pears, Dudley xxiii. 720 pearce ... Peter, xv, 708 662; xxiv, 262 Pears, Rob't xvi, 335 pearce, Enoch xxvi, ..."

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