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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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Petre
Petre is a surname and given name derived from Peter.
Webster Dictionary
Petrenoun
see Saltpeter
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Petre
Same as Saltpetre.
Editors Contribution
Petre
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Petre bones we're found at the Vatican
Submitted by JayCauge on August 9, 2019
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
Anagrams for Petre »
erept
peter
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Petre in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Petre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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