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Percy

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Noun

1. percy, walker percy

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

2. harry hotspur, hotspur, percy, sir henry percy

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

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Percy

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noun
1. 
Sir Henry, known as Harry Hotspur. 1364–1403, English rebel, who was killed leading an army against Henry IV
2. 
Thomas. 1729–1811, English bishop and antiquary. His Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) stimulated the interest of Romantic writers in old English and Scottish ballads

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Percy

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noun
a masculine name
see also Percival
1. 
Sir Henry1364-1403; Eng. soldier & rebel against Henry IV
called Hotspur
2. 
Thomas1729-1811; Eng. bishop & collector of early Eng. & Scot. ballads

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Percy

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American novelist. Influenced by the European existentialists, his works, including The Moviegoer (1961), explore human alienation.
English soldier who was killed while leading an uprising against Henry IV (1403).

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