noun
1. United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)
• Syn: ↑Benjamin Peirce
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑mathematician, ↑astronomer, ↑uranologist, ↑stargazer
2. United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)
• Syn: ↑Charles Peirce, ↑Charles Sanders Peirce
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑philosopher, ↑logician, ↑logistician
Useful english dictionary. 2012.