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    PEIRCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)play

    Synonyms:

    Charles Peirce; Charles Sanders Peirce; Peirce

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    logician; logistician (a person skilled at symbolic logic)

    philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)play

    Synonyms:

    Benjamin Peirce; Peirce

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

    mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

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