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Peary

American  
[peer-ee] / ˈpɪər i /

noun

  1. Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and Arctic explorer.


Peary British  
/ ˈpɪərɪ /

noun

  1. Robert Edwin. 1856–1920, US arctic explorer, generally regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1909)

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