Percy Synonyms

pʉrsē
United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. walker percy
English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Sir Henry Percy
  2. hotspur
  3. Harry Hotspur

Words Related to Percy

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. percival
  2. walter
  3. humphrey
  4. frederick
  5. reginald
  6. cecil
  7. ralph
  8. arthur
  9. william
  10. edwin
  11. cyril
  12. hugh
  13. alfred
  14. thomas
  15. henry
  16. leslie

Percy Sentence Examples

  • His father, remembering his own early difficulties, bestowed special care on his son's education, and sent him in his twelfth year to Mr Bruce's school in Percy Street, Newcastle, where he remained about four years.

  • The Scots then retreated to Otterburn, where Percy, who was bent on recovering his pennon, attacked them on a fine August evening in 1388.

  • Disputes with the king arose over the disposal of the Scottish prisoners, Percy insisting on his right to hold Douglas as his personal prisoner, and he was summoned to court to explain.

  • High words followed, in the course of which Henry called Percy a traitor, struck him on the face, and drew his sword on him.

  • Percy is said to have answered this defiance with the words, "Not here, but on the field."

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