Peirce

/pɪərs/
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Other forms: Peirces

Definitions of Peirce
  1. noun
    United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)
    synonyms: Charles Peirce, Charles Sanders Peirce
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    example of:
    logician, logistician
    a person skilled at symbolic logic
    philosopher
    a specialist in philosophy
  2. noun
    United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)
    synonyms: Benjamin Peirce
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    example of:
    astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
    a physicist who studies astronomy
    mathematician
    a person skilled in mathematics
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