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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880);
[syn: Peirce, Benjamin Peirce]

2. United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914);
[syn: Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles Sanders Peirce]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Peirce
    n 1: United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for
         his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)
         [syn: Peirce, Benjamin Peirce]
    2: United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism
       (1839-1914) [syn: Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles
       Sanders Peirce]