Pierre Definition & Meaning

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Pierre American [peer, pee-air, pyer] / pɪər, piˈɛər, pyɛr /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.

2. a male given name, form of Peter.

Pierre British / pɪə /

noun

1. a city in central South Dakota, capital of the state, on the Missouri River. Pop: 13 939 (2003 est)

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Founded in 1955, PIA was a symbol of national pride and rapid growth for years, with a pathbreaking international network and even flight attendant uniforms created by French designer Pierre Cardin in the 1960s.

From Barron's

Anchored by Huertas’ blazing performance, Pierre Saint-Martin’s trenchant debut plays both as a portrait of a person stuck in a state of perpetual grieving and an indictment of a troubled country.

From Los Angeles Times

He remembered the death of a bishop in Algeria, Pierre Claverie, who had been killed by Islamist extremists in 1996, and who was later mourned by both Christians and Muslims.

From BBC

His Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, which opened in 2017, transformed a historic warehouse once used to store opera sets into a beckoning communal performance space.

From Los Angeles Times

"Conceding 28 points like that bothers me," complained Toulon's head coach Pierre Mignoni.

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