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Peron   /pərˈɔn/   Listen
Peron

noun
1.
Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974).  Synonym: Juan Domingo Peron.






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"Peron" Quotes from Famous Books



... had done me the honour to visit the Investigator, and to accept of a dinner on board; on which occasion he had been received with the marks of respect due to his rank of Captain-General; and shortly afterwards, the Captains Baudin and Hamelin, with Monsieur Peron and some other French officers, as also Colonel Paterson, the Lieutenant-Governor, did me the same favour; when they were received under a salute of 11 guns. The intelligence of peace which had just been received contributed to ...
— A Source Book Of Australian History • Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne

... Museum; they who reckon four Vedas, include among them the Attar Veda, concerning ceremonies, but which is lost. There are besides commentaries named Upanishada, one of which was published by Anquetil du Peron, and entitled Oupnekhat, a curious work. The date of these books is more than twenty-five centuries prior to our era; their contents prove that all the reveries of the Greek metaphysicians come from India and Egypt. Since the year 1788, the learned men ...
— The Ruins • C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney

... to have been observed by Monsieur Peron, on the S. W. coast near Geographe Bay. "A cette epoque nous eprouvions les effets les plus singuliers du mirage; tantot les terres les plus uniformes et les plus basses nous paroissoient portees au dessus des eaux, et profondement dechirrees dans toutes leurs parties; tantot leurs ...
— Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central • Edward John Eyre



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