PERCY

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• PERCY (noun)
  The noun PERCY has 2 senses:

1. United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)

2. English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

  Familiarity information: PERCY used as a noun is rare.

• PERCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Percy; Walker Percy

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Harry Hotspur; Hotspur; Percy; Sir Henry Percy

Instance hypernyms:

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

 Context examples 

Percy Phelps sank back in his chair.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sir Thomas Percy won the vantage over the Lord of Mucident, and the Lord Audley struck Sir Perducas d'Albret from the saddle.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His name is Armitage—Percy Armitage—the second son of Mr. Armitage, of Crane Water, near Reading.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs. March smiled, as if well pleased, and Jo clapped her hands, exclaiming, with a laugh, You are almost equal to Caroline Percy, who was a pattern of prudence!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Shall I leave, Percy?” she asked.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sir Thomas Percy met with little better success, for his shield was split, his vambrace torn and he himself wounded slightly in the side.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I fancy that Lord Holdhurst for one, and Mr. Percy Phelps for another, would very much rather that the affair never got as far as a police-court.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yourself and Audley I could pass, coz, for you are mature men; but who are Wake, and Percy, and Beauchamp?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“In that of Mr. Percy Phelps,” answered Holmes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The English will be the Lord Audley, Sir Thomas Percy, Sir Thomas Wake, Sir William Beauchamp, and our own very good lord and leader.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)