Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Peter, Simon Peter, Saint Peter, St. Peter, Saint Peter the Apostle, St. Peter the Apostle(noun)

   disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope

2. cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz(noun)

   obscene terms for penis

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Peter(ProperNoun)

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2. Peter(ProperNoun)

   The leading Apostle in the New Testament.

3. Peter(ProperNoun)

   The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Peter(noun)

   a common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,

2. Peter(verb)

   to become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out

Origin: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Peter

   pē′tėr, v.i. in mining, to become exhausted (with out): (fig.) to lose power or value.

2. Peter

   pē′tėr, v.i. to call for trumps at whist, by throwing away a higher card of a suit while holding a smaller.—n. this signal for trumps.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Peter' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #807

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Peter' in Written Corpus Frequency: #916

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Peter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Peter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Jens Falkenberg:

   To me, Peter is not a murderer.

2. Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver:

   We won't just give carte blanche to Peter.

3. Werner Baumann:

   We are not feeding Peter by starving Paul here.

4. A. W. Pink:

   Peter exercised a zeal which was unregulated by knowledge

5. Karen Fawcett:

   Peter is a very competent chief executive and he is running the bank.

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