alcoholic drink made of pears, similar in taste to cider
Word origin
C14 pereye, from Old French peré, ultimately from Latin pirum pear
Perry in British English
(ˈpɛrɪ)
noun
1.
Fred(erick John). 1909–95, English tennis and table-tennis player; world singles table-tennis champion (1929); as a tennis player he won eight Grand Slam singles titles including the US Open three times (1933–34, 1936) and Wimbledon three times (1934–36)
2.
Grayson. born 1960, English potter, embroiderer, and film-maker; won the Turner Prize (2003).
3.
Matthew Calbraith. 1794–1858, US naval officer, who led a naval expedition to Japan that obtained a treaty (1854) opening up Japan to western trade
4.
his brother, Oliver Hazard. 1785–1819, US naval officer. His defeat of a British squadron on Lake Erie (1813) was the turning point in the War of 1812, leading to the recapture of Detroit
Perry in American English1
(ˈpɛri)
noun
a masculine name
Word origin
? orig., a dim. of Pers < Fr Piers < L Petrus, Peter1