/pee"teuhr/ , n.
1. Also called Simon Peter . died A.D. 67?, one of the 12 apostles and the reputed author of two of the Epistles.
2. either of these two Epistles in the New Testament, I Peter or II Peter.
3. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter P.
4. a male given name.
[ ME; OE Petrus Pétros stone, trans. of Syriac kefa ]