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Peterson
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English
Etymology
English, Scottish, and en de - surname, from en Peter -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and da Pedersen, en Pettersen, pl Piotrowicz, sl Petrič, sl Petrovčič, sl Petrovič, en Petric, en Petrovic, etc. Also Americanized from en sv Petersson, en Pettersson.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpiːtəsən/ RP
en /ˈpitɚsən/ GA
Proper noun
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en patrilineal given names.
A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
en 2018-05-18 Nellie Bowles w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/style/jordan-peterson-12-rules-for-life.html Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy https://web.archive.org/web/20200709065833/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/style/jordan-peterson-12-rules-for-life.html Before he leads me to his office to sit in on one of these appointments, Mr. Peterson shows me around the third floor of his home, which is filled with carvings made by Charles Joseph, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist.
en number of places c/USA:
en ucomm twp:Suf/Kirkland co/Adams County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Clay County s/Iowa.
en minor city co/Fillmore County s/Minnesota.
en ucomm co/Morgan County s/Utah.
Derived terms
en Petersonian
Translations
surname meaning "son of Peter"
Albanian: sq Pjetraj
Armenian: hy Պետրոսյան
Bulgarian: bg Петров m
Danish: da Pedersen, da Petersen
Dutch: nl Pieters, nl Pieterszoon
Galician: gl Pérez
Georgian: ka პეტრიაშვილი
Greek: el Πετρίδης m, el Πέτρου, el Πετρόπουλος m
Hungarian: hu Petőfi
Italian: it Di Pietro, it Pietri
Lithuanian: lt Petravičius, lt Petraitis
Norwegian: no Pedersen, no Petersen
Polish: pl Pietrowicz
Portuguese: pt Peres
Romanian: ro Petrescu
Russian: ru Петро́в m, ru Петро́ва f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Петровић, sh Перовић, sh Перић, sh Петић, sh Пешић
Latin: sh Petrović, sh Perović, sh Perić, sh Petić, sh Pešić
Spanish: es Pérez
Swedish: sv Persson, sv Pettersson, sv Petersson
Ukrainian: uk Петре́нко
Anagrams
en eenoprst Petrones prenotes preonset
Estonian
Proper noun
et English