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Definition of Pierre
1. Noun. Capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river.
Generic synonyms: State Capital
Group relationships: Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, Sd, South Dakota
Definition of Pierre
1. Proper noun. (French male given name) occasionally borrowed from French, cognate to Peter. ¹
2. Proper noun. The capital of South Dakota. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pierre
Literary usage of Pierre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"These first days, up to the 8th of September, when the prisoners were brought up
for a second examination, were the most painful for pierre. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Moliere's company, unable to produce 'Tartuffe,' urged him to use it and (Le
Festin de pierre' was the original title of the play now known as "Don Juan,' ..."
3. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"This much we know, that pierre had greatly angered Raymond by the bitterness of
his personal reproaches; that the count, aroused by the sense of impending ..."
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