Definition of Peterman

1. n. A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.

Definition of Peterman

1. Noun. (slang) a safebreaker ¹

2. Noun. a fisherman ¹

3. Noun. a fishing boat with identical bow and stern. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peterman

1. a safe-blower [n PETERMEN]

Medical Definition of Peterman

1. A fisherman; so called after the apostle Peter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peterman

petechial haemorrhage
petechiasis
petedunnite
peter out
peterbaylissite
petered
petered out
peterel
peterels
peterero
petereroes
petering
petering out
peterman (current term)
petermen
peters out
petersham
petershams
peterwort
petewilliamsite
petfood
petfoods
petha
pethanol
pethas
pether
pethers

Literary usage of Peterman

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

1. Civil Procedure Reports: Containing Cases Under the Code of Civil Procedure by New York (State), Henry Huffman Browne, Courts, Rufus Leonard Scott, James Manford Kerr, Percival Soloman Menken (1906)
"STEPHEN L. peterman. SUPREME COURT, ERIE COUNTY, SPECIAL TERM. §§ 66, 3247. Costs—Judgment for costs offset—Liability of party in interest— Attorney—How ..."

2. Youthful Explorers in Bible Lands: A Faithful Account of the Scenery, Ruins by Robert Morris (1870)
"Hendrick peterman, and I have begged of him the loan of a photograph long enough to make a pen and ink sketch of it : REV. ..."

3. Families of the Wyoming Valley: Biographical, Genealogical and Historical by George Brubaker Kulp (1890)
"By this marriage Mr. Drake left five surviving children—Margaret, wife of Dr. JJ Whitney ; Charles; Harriet, wife of FC peterman ; Benjamin and Anna Drake. ..."

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