Peter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːtə/
ipa: /ˈpitɚ/
ipa: [ˈpʰitɚ]
ipa: [ˈpʰiɾɚ]
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
homophone: PETA
homophone: pita (Received Pronunciation)
homophone: peter
homophone: ptr
Forms: form: Peters
Etymology: From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1911, J. M. Barrie, chapter I, in Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, published 1993:
text: 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,
ref: 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90:
text: 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.”
ref: 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Pet.
glosses: The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
synonyms: Petersboro
glosses: A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.
Derived terms: Ayot St Peter
blue peter
Blue Peter
Chalfont St Peter
Charlton St Peter
Peter boat
Peterborough
Peterchurch
Peter Funk
Peter Island
Peterloo
Peter Pan
Peter Parker principle
Peter pence
Peter's pence
Peter principle
Petersburg
Peter's fish
Peters Marland
Peter's penny
Peter the Great
rob Peter to pay Paul
Saint Peter
Saint Peter Port
St. Peter
St Peter's
St Peters
Thorpe St Peter
Willie Peter
Related terms: sense: given name variants
word: Peers
sense: given name variants
word: Percy
sense: given name variants
word: Pete
sense: given name variants
word: Petey
sense: given name variants
word: Pierce
sense: given name variants
word: Piers
sense: feminine forms
word: Peta
sense: feminine forms
word: Petra
word: McFedries
word: McFetridge
word: Parkerson
word: Parkin
word: Parkins
word: Parkinson
word: Parkyn
word: Parratt
word: Parrell
word: Parren
word: Parrett
word: Parritt
word: Parrot
word: Parrott
word: Pearce
word: Pears
word: Pearse
word: Pearson
word: Peat
word: Peate
word: Peattie
word: Peaty
word: Peddie
word: Peers
word: Peet
word: Peirce
word: Peirse
word: Pell
word: Pells
word: Pelly
word: Perce
word: Perkin
word: Perkins
word: Perot
word: Perowne
word: Perratt
word: Perret
word: Perrett
word: Perrin
word: Perring
word: Perrins
word: Perris
word: Perriss
word: Perron
word: Perrott
word: Perse
word: Persse
word: Peterkin
word: Peters
word: Peterson
word: Pether
word: Pethers
word: Petre
word: Petrie
word: Pierce
word: Piers
word: Pierse
word: Pierson
word: Pither
word: Pithers
word: Porrett
word: Porritt
word: Purkins
word: surnames
word: Petrock
word: Petronella