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Definition of Perron
1. n. An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to mediævel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.
Definition of Perron
1. Noun. (historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker etc. ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perron
1. an outdoor stairway [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perron
Literary usage of Perron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Sikhs, from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the by Joseph Davey Cunningham (1918)
"Sindhia became involved with the English, and the interested hesitation of perron
was 1 See generally Francklin, Life of George Thomas, and Major Smith, ..."
2. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"The will of La perron, made half an hour before her death, when God and death
were at the same instant on her lips, is, to all appearance, ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1763)
"It is true that many things contained in the books already brought over, by Mr.
perron, appear, ... from the original, drawn up by M. perron ..."
4. A Particular Account of the European Military Adventurers of Hindustan from by Compton, Herbert, 1853-1906 (1893)
"'"THE events recorded in the preceding pages will have made the •*• name of perron
familiar to the reader, and the time has now come to deal with the career ..."
5. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1819)
"This round settled the fight, although Squares fought two more; He made a
left-handed thrust, bnt perron bull-dogged him, and hit him down, as he did in two ..."
6. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and by Henry Hallam (1841)
"synod assembled by Cardinal du perron, archbishop of Sens, condemned the book of
Richer, who was harassed for the rest of his life by the persecution of ..."
7. The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King George the by John Adolphus (1845)
"M. perron.—Exertions of France.—Expedition under Linois. ... General Lake —attacks
M. perron.—Ally Ghur taken by storm.—M. perron retires. ..."
8. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"1 perron might have received a large sum of money, had he bargained for his own
... perron retired, without bargaining at all: and, although he had the ..."
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