PETER (peter)

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Irregular inflected form: peter   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peter mean? 

• PETER (noun)
  The noun PETER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Peter; Saint Peter; Saint Peter the Apostle; Simon Peter; St. Peter; St. Peter the Apostle

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

 Context examples 

If you try to stop us, Peters, you will most certainly get hurt.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have a few dates here which will give you the career of the dead man, Captain Peter Carey.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Peter might have been hanged, or Tom transported; but Littimer was perfectly respectable.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Now, by the keys of Peter!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As a result, kelp forests face a potential shortage of nitrogen just as long summer days are poised to fuel algal growth, said lead author Joey Peters.

(In search of an undersea kelp forest's missing nitrogen, National Science Foundation)

It was on the 3rd of May that we reached the little village of Meiringen, where we put up at the Englischer Hof, then kept by Peter Steiler the elder.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Three shining mackintoshed figures are walking down the quay, making for the gang-plank of the great liner from which the blue-peter is flying.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mutation of the gene is associated with primary congenital glaucoma type 3A, primary open angle glaucoma and Peters anomaly.

(CYP1B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the gene are associated with Rieger syndrome type 1, iridogoniodysgenesis type 2, Peters anomaly, and ring dermoid of cornea.

(PITX2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

"He's a favorite of Mr. Butler's. Mr. Butler says he is safe and honest—calls him the Rock, Peter, and says that upon him any banking institution can well be built."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)