'Peirce' definitions:
Definition of 'Peirce'
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noun
United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880) [syn: Peirce, Benjamin Peirce]
noun
United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914) [syn: Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles Sanders Peirce]