PETER

'Peter' is a common given name for males: see Peter (name).
'Peter' could refer to the following:

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Real people

See also

Real people

★ Saint Peter (-68), Jesus' disciple

★ Peter the Deacon (-605), a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily, and a few others

★ Peter the Deacon (chronicler) (-c.1140), "the Librarian" (''Bibliothecarius'')

★ Peter, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1112

★ Peter, a companion in martyrdom of Berard of Carbio (-1220)

★ Saint Peter of Verona (1206-1252), also known as Peter Martyr

★ Peter of Auvergne (- after 1310), scholastic philosopher

★ Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (-1326)

★ Peter of Aquila (-1361), Italian Franciscan theologian and bishop

★ Peter of Bergamo (-1482), Dominican theologian

★ Saint Peter the Aleut (-1815?), Eastern Orthodox Christian martyr in California

★ Pope Peter II (several antipopes, 20th century)

★ Peter (actor) (1952), the stage name of Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's ''Ran''
;Other uses:

★ Peter is a euphemism for someone who affects upper-class airs (Tamil usage; see definition in Madras Tamil)

★ Peter is used in verb form to refer to diminishment or reduction, to ''peter out''.

★ In criminal slang (UK), a peter is a safe

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