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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries;
[syn: periwig, peruke]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peruke \Per"uke\, n. [F. perruque, It. perrucca, parrucca, fr. L. pilus hair. Cf. Periwig, Wig, Peel to strip off, Plush, Pile a hair.] A wig; a periwig. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peruke \Per"uke\, v. t. To dress with a peruke. [R.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peruke n 1: a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries [syn: periwig, peruke]