Definition of "Peter"

Peter

/ˈpiːtə/

noun
1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.
proper noun
plural Peters
1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  Quotations
  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.
  1911, J. M. Barrie, chapter I, in Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, published 1993
  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,
  1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90
2. The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
3. (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
4. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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