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Definitions 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
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  • mark Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
  • russia a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
  • andrew (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland
  • armstrong United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971)
  • barrie Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937)
  • inger a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built
  • gillespie United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
  • ladoga a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland
  • lammas commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
  • cooper union university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences
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