Modern French form of the masc. proper name represented in Modern English by Peter (q.v.). The city in South Dakota, U.S., was named for Pierre Chouteau (1789-1865) who set up an Indian trading post there in 1837.
pierce
pierced
piercer
piercing
Pierian
Pierre
pierrot
Piers
Pieta
Pietism
Pietist
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