peary

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Peary
    n 1: United States Arctic explorer and United States naval
         officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the
         North Pole (1856-1920) [syn: {Peary}, {Robert Peary},
         {Robert E. Peary}, {Robert Edwin Peary}]

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

PEARY

Captain Robert E., explorer who said he reached the
north pole and convinced a few people.  Was also forced to
write a book and lecture.  Publications:  How Dr. Cook Almost
Got Ahead of Me.  Ambition:  That a certain man had not made
him get all the way there the last time.  Grave:  The Cook
incident.