Peter — English Dictionary

Noun

1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.

   Synonyms

   Papa

Proper noun

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

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   She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.

   What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,

   Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.”

2. The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.

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

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4. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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5. A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.

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   Petersboro