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PEI
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• PEI (noun)
The noun PEI has 1 sense:
1. United States architect (born in China in 1917)
Familiarity information: PEI used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States architect (born in China in 1917)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
I. M. Pei; Ieoh Ming Pei; Pei
Instance hypernyms:
architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))
Domain region:
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
Context examples
The Chinese Shar-Pei is a heavily wrinkled dog with a large head, though dogs with smaller heads and tighter looking skins do occur in this breed.
(Chinese Shar-Pei, NCI Thesaurus)
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