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Percy1 definition

Percy (pʉr′sē)

noun

a masculine name

Etymology: dim. of Percival; also after Fr Perci, village in Normandy

Percy2 definition

Percy (pʉr′sē)

  1. Percy, Sir Henry 1364-1403; Eng. soldier & rebel against Henry IV: called Hotspur
  2. Percy, Thomas 1729-1811; Eng. bishop & collector of early Eng. & Scot. ballads

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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