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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Petrenoun

    Nitre; salt petre. See Nitre.

    Etymology: from petra, a stone.

    Powder made of impure and greasy petre, hath but a weak emission, and gives but a faint report. Brown.

    The vessel was first well nealed to prevent cracking, and covered to prevent the falling in of any thing, that might unseasonably kindle the petre. Boyle.

    Nitre, while it is in its native state, is called petre-salt, when refined salt-petre. John Woodward.

Wikipedia

  1. Petre

    Petre is a surname and given name derived from Peter.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Petrenoun

    see Saltpeter

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Petre

    Same as Saltpetre.

Editors Contribution

  1. Petre

    Paul

    Petre bones we're found at the Vatican


    Submitted by JayCauge on August 9, 2019  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PETRE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Petre is ranked #18478 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Petre surname appeared 1,496 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Petre.

    94.7% or 1,418 total occurrences were White.
    2.2% or 34 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1% or 16 total occurrences were Black.
    0.8% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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  1. erept

  2. peter

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Petre in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Petre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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