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Definition of Peter

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

Definition of Peter

1. n. A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,

2. v. i. To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.

Definition of Peter

1. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name). ¹

2. Proper noun. (biblical character) The leading Apostle in the New Testament. ¹

3. Proper noun. (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter. ¹

4. Proper noun. (rare compared to given name) (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

5. Noun. (''hypocoristic slang'') The penis. ¹

6. Verb. (context: only used in the phrase peter out) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peter

1. to diminish gradually [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Peter

1. A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, Peter boat, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. Peter Funk, the auctioneer in a mock auction. Peter pence, or Peter's pence. An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; called also Rome scot, and hearth money. In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. Peter's fish, a haddock; so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar spots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Peter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1874)
"And you re vs, and fa vs, you note vs. 2. M. Pray you put vp your dagger, and put out your wit. Then haue at yon with my wit. Peter. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Not satisfied, however with all his temporal power, Peter had suppressed the ... In 1713 Peter transferred the senate from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. ..."

3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"But though I grant them what they require respecting Peter, by admitting that he was the chief of the apostles, and superior in dignity to all the others, ..."

4. Utopia by Thomas More (1869)
"... Here Peter was made a greate man faye the ... to Peter ther were none of his ... onely to Peter for preeminence, ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"Summoned back from exile, on the death of Theodore, in May, 1682, he found that Peter had been declared sole Tsar by his mother's family, ..."

6. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"For this service Peter was rewarded with the dignity of Master of the Offices, but he earned by it the hatred of all good men. ..."

7. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1899)
"Thomas Shepard to Hugh Peter, 164.5. FOR the following letter, written by Rev. ... Parliament had in the previous year given to Peter the library of ..."

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