American Heritage Dictionary
Century Dictionary
GNU Webster's 1913
(1)
WordNet
(1)
Elsewhere on the web
For city kids to get that close to a belgium or percheron and or see a real pig (the size alone amazed me) is an experience not to be missed.— The Chronicle Herald - Front Page Stories
Having been bidden enter, a burly knight mounted upon a giant percheron rode into the lists, all cased in sable armour and carrying a shield which displayed— Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)
"Draght horses; carriege horses; riding horses; racing horses; ponyies; percheron from france; Belgain from Beljium; shire clyesdale and saffold punch from great Britain; french coach and German coach; contucky saddle horses; through-breads; Shetland ponies; mushstand ponies; pacers and pintoes."— The Prairie Child
Your true specimen of manuscript reader is the faithful old percheron who is content to go on, year after year, sorting over the literary pemmican that comes before him, inexhaustible in his love for the delicacies of good writing, happy if once or twice a twelve-month he chance upon some winged thing.— Shandygaff

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.
Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year
Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed
We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.
Recently looked updocile · divide · divest · divert · district |
Recent Favoritespygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms |
Recent Pronunciationsbritney · bunda · settii · aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile · an sionnach i gcraiceann na caorach |