pearce

P3E1A1R1C3E1

proper noun

A surname transferred from the given name.

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Meanings

pearce1

verbpearce (third-person singular simple present pearces, present participle pearcing, simple past and past participle pearced)

present singular third person pearces · participle present pearcing · participle past pearced · past pearced

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of pierce.

Pearce2

proper nounPearce (plural Pearces)

plural Pearces

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

    Dr Hammond Pearce, senior lecturer at the University of NSW Institute for Cyber Security, told the BBC that though this is the first known incident where AI agents have chosen to breach a government body of their own volition, there'll be more to come.

    2026 September 23, Harry Sekulich, Lana Lam, “Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first”, in BBC News, retrieved 24 Sep 2026
  2. An unincorporated community and ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The Pearce post office is still in existence (2023).
  3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Origin

From Piers, the medieval vernacular form of Peter.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pearce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pearce

MLA

“pearce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pearce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pearce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pearce.

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