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Pease

Pease

7 9.0
A family name used by people and sometimes as a place name
  • proper noun
  • /piːz/
translation icon : Pease
  • We just need to keep Brent Pease as our OC a few more years for consistency, at least.
  • Donald Pease

Examples

  • Many southernists recognized Bill and Jane Pease as a collaborative team, too.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Donald E. Pease is Ted and Helen Geisel Professor of the Humanities at Dartmouth.

    Academic text (1992)

  • "Are you Mrs. Pease?" I asked.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Congratulations to contest winner Justin Pease, and thanks to everyone who entered!

    Blog text (32)

  • "Here it is," Mrs. Pease said, brandishing the key.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Pease began working on Scorecard in January 1996 and launched it in April 1998.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Had Pease had the foresight to invent the laser and the computer, all would have gone well.

    Academic text (1999)

  • I greatly appreciate the reviews of this article by Tim Clark, Mike Jennings, Craig Pease, and R. Gerald Wright.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The eldest daughter of devout and immensely wealthy Quakers, Katherine Maria Pease was born in 1866 in northern England.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Mr. Pease will join us for the meeting tomorrow.

Compounds

pease pudding
  • UK
9.6

A thick dish of boiled split peas that people often eat with meat

Surface Forms

Pease main

Etymology

Pease is a family name that likely comes from the old word for the vegetable pea, so it probably began as a name for people who grew or sold peas. This helps you remember Pease as a surname that originally told others about a person's job or place, like Baker or Smith.