perry | (n) United States philosopher (1876-1957), Syn. Ralph Barton Perry |
perry | (n) United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858), Syn. Matthew Calbraith Perry |
perry | (n) United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819), Syn. Commodore Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry |
perry | (n) a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider |
perry mason | (n) fictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner |
sperry | (n) United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930), Syn. Elmer Ambrose Sperry |
marquis | (n) humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937), Syn. Donald Robert Perry Marquis, Don Marquis |