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  • proper noun A male given name; the Middle English vernacular form of Peter, revived in the twentieth century.

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Examples

  • There's still some damned good ones out there - Niven's puppeteers spring to mind, as do the manta in Piers Anthony's Of Man and Manta - but generally that which is alien falls foul of story, which can be hampered when, to retain the essentially alien, the writer must not allow the reader to understand it.

    MIND MELD: The Best Aliens in Science Fiction 2010

  • I was twelve, and the books were the first three in Piers Anthony's Xanth series.

    Outside of a dog... Prof. de Breeze 2008

  • I was twelve, and the books were the first three in Piers Anthony's Xanth series.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Prof. de Breeze 2008

  • It says the modest popularity of the name Piers may derive from Langland's medieval poem Piers Plowman, and symbolizes the virtues of hard work, honesty, and fairness.

    Xone of Contention Anthony, Piers 1999

  • It says the modest popularity of the name Piers may derive from Langland's medieval poem Piers Plowman, and symbolizes the virtues of hard work, honesty, and fairness.

    Xone of Contention Anthony, Piers 1999

  • He led the prince into all kinds of mischief until at last King Edward I. put his son in prison for a time, and banished Piers from the kingdom.

    An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls Henrietta Elizabeth 1920

  • Amid the phone-hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, the name of Piers Morgan, the CNN host, "America's Got Talent" judge and former editor of the Daily Mirror and News of the World, has

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Amid the phone-hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, the name of Piers Morgan, the CNN host, "America's Got Talent" judge and former editor of the Daily Mirror and News of the World, has

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • She did, however, stress that though Dixons will appoint all the staff they - whether they are called Piers or not - will have to adhere to Harrods strict dress code, which includes female staff wearing make up.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Have you ever read any of the books in Piers Anthony’s ‘Bio of a Space Tyrant’ series?

    Sex Ed in the Schools « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2007

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