Perrin

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri, United States.
  3. 3
    A census-designated place in Jack County, Texas, United States.

Example

More examples

""I am always blown away by Einstein's predictions, by the power of his reasoning which yielded this theory and which has never been faulted," said French astrophysicist Guy Perrin."

Etymology

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from an Old French diminutive of Pierre.

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