perrier

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noun

A short mortar used for throwing stone shot.

OriginOld French perriere ← French perrière →
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Meanings

perrier1

nounperrier (plural perriers)

plural perriers

  1. historicalgovernmentA short mortar used for throwing stone shot.

    FIrst there were sixe great gunnes, cannons perriers of brasse , that shot a stone of three foote and a halfe

    1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Perrier2

proper nounPerrier (plural Perriers)

plural Perriers

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Frenchperrière
  2. Old Frenchperriere
  3. Englishperrier

Old French perriere, perrier, French perrière, pierrier. Compare pederero.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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