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PEIRCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)

Synonyms:

Charles Peirce; Charles Sanders Peirce; Peirce

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

logician; logistician (a person skilled at symbolic logic)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)

Synonyms:

Benjamin Peirce; Peirce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

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