Definition of Pierre

1. Noun. Capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river.

Exact synonyms: Capital Of South Dakota
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

Piedmontese
Piedraia
Piemonte
Piemontese
Pier Luigi Nervi
Pierce
Pieria
Pierian
Pieridae
Pieris
Pieris floribunda
Pieris japonica
Pieris protodice
Pieris rapae
Pierre
Pierre-Paul Broca
Pierre Abelard
Pierre Athanase Larousse
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Pierre Corneille
Pierre Curie
Pierre Joseph Proudhon
Pierre Laporte Bridge
Pierre Larousse
Pierre Simon de Laplace
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Terrail

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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