Definition of Pershing

1. Noun. United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pershing

Perpignan
Perrot
Perry
Perry Mason
Perry Mason moment
Persea
Persea Americana
Persea borbonia
Persean
Perseans
Perseid
Perseids
Persephone
Persepolis
Perseus
Pershing (current term)
Persia
Persian
Persian Empire
Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf illness
Persian Royal Road
Persian cat
Persian deity
Persian iris
Persian lamb
Persian lilac
Persian melon
Persian powder

Literary usage of Pershing

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

1. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1920)
"Pershing did enough in one and a half years mightily to flatter Laclede, ... When Pershing took his examination for West Point, competing with others for an ..."

2. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1920)
"Haig and Pershing, from widely separated fronts, were thus moving toward the same point, ... In his final report Pershing has set forth the history of the ..."

3. America in France by Frederick Palmer (1918)
"AMERICA IN FRANCE Pershing GOES TO FRANCE ... Pershing at the War Department—Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces—Modest beginnings of our ..."

4. America in France by Frederick Palmer (1918)
"AMERICA IN FRANCE Pershing GOES TO FRANCE General Pershing at the War Department—Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces—Modest beginnings of our ..."

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