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peter | peters |

Peters is a related term of peter.



As proper nouns the difference between peter and peters

is that peter is a given name derived from Ancient Greek while Peters is {{surname|A=An|English patronymic|from=given names}} derived from the given name Peter.

As nouns the difference between peter and peters

is that peter is (hypocoristic slang) The penis while peters is plural of lang=en; penises.

As verbs the difference between peter and peters

is that peter is to dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing while peters is third-person singular of peter.

peter

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun) (Epistle of Peter)
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  • * 1911 , Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I
    • 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.
  • * 1933 , Over the Garden Wall ,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
    • 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,
  • The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
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    • And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter , and upon this rock I will build my church;
  • (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, attributed to St. Peter.

    • Derived terms

    * blue peter * Peter boat * Peter Funk * Peter Pan * Peter pence, Peter's pence * Peter principle * Peter's fish * rob Peter to pay Paul

    Related terms

    * given name variants: Peers, Percy, Pete, Petey, Pierce, Piers * feminine forms: Peta, Petra (surnames) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * Petrock * Petronella

    Statistics

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    peters

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (slang) ; penises.
  • * 1997: Shelby Scates, Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century America [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0295976314&id=mZbmfolx3sAC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=%22their+peters%22&sig=9SVPe6yUnNKxCGZzXe8vD8Ta3rU]
    • You smile, act polite, shake their hands, then cut off their peters and put them in your pocket.” “Yes, Mr. President,” answered O'Brien.
  • * 1998: Michael Robert Gorman, The Empress Is a Man: Stories from the Life of Jose Sarria [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0789002590&id=jtLrVn7zuL8C&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=%22their+peters%22&sig=j-3AI7lF3r_-b5m0z36mTLIOfG4]
    • ... and you were there, and they acted like you weren't even born yet?' "I'd say, 'Yes, their memories are as long as their peters .'"
  • * 2002: Celia H Miles, Mattie's Girl: An Appalachian Childhood [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0741411008&id=RjiUyPWbsK0C&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=%22their+peters%22&sig=YUhQN6JoY217QMHAgCmsaWhzpdo]
    • “It's to put on their peters when they don't want to make babies,” she said.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (peter)

    • Anagrams

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