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Definition: PETERMAN |
PETERMANNoun1. A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. |
Date "PETERMAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1864. (references) |
Etymology: Peterman \Pe"ter*man\, noun; plural Petermen. fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [An obsolete local term in English.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PETERMAN |
| English words defined with "PETERMAN": Petermen. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now the bus tour, which is real, takes to places that, while they are real, they are not real in sense that they did not really happen to the real Peterman which is you. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) But, Mr. Peterman, I (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Jay Peterman is real. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Moran JS, Aral SO, Jenkins WC, Peterman TA, Alexander ER. 1989. The impact of sexually transmitted diseases on minority populations in the United States. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following table summarizes the usage of "PETERMAN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Peterman | Last name | 4,000 | 3,243 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Peterman, AL |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
j peterman | 111 |
peterman | 36 |
melissa peterman | 14 |
j peterman catalog | 12 |
the j peterman company | 9 |
peterman al | 6 |
the j peterman co | 4 |
lumber peterman | 3 |
john peterman | 3 |
catalog peterman | 3 |
j peterman seinfeld | 3 |
robyn peterman | 2 |
peterman seinfeld | 2 |
donald peterman | 2 |
eric peterman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PETERMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Peterman's prøve (Peterman test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | séro-diagnostic de la syphilis de Peterman (Peterman test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | panzerknacker, schränker (safe cracker, safeblower, safe-blower, safecracker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οροδιαγνωστική του Peterman (Peterman test), δοκιμασία του Peterman (Peterman test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prova di Peterman (Peterman test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etermanpay teste de Peterman (Peterman test), serodiagnóstico da sífilis de Peterman (Peterman test). (various references) pescar (Fisher, fisherman, gull, mew, sea gull), spãrgãtor de case de bani, braconier (poacher). (various references) reacción de Peterman (Peterman test). (various references) kasa hırsızı (cracksman, embezzler, safe buster, safeblower, safebreaker, safecracker, yegg, yeggman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"PETERMAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeternam, Detterman, Penerme, Peterae, Petermann, Petermans, Petherham, Petomane, Phenergan, Pittermann, Posterman, Pretyman, Pusherman, Putterman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PETERMAN" (pronounced 'Pe"ter*man'): Ahriman, Airman, Alderman, Almsman, Alongshoreman, Ariman, Artilleryman, Artsman, Assemblyman, Ataman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bombardman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cavalryman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Chinaman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Coachman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: permeant. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-n-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: prename, tempera. | |
-2 letters: ampere, arpent, enrapt, entera, entrap, marten, meaner, metepa, neater, parent, preman, premen, remate, rename, repeat, repent, retape, reteam, tamper, temper, trepan. | |
-3 letters: ameer, ament, antre, apter, arete, armet, arpen, eaten, eater, enate, enema, enter, etape, mater, meant, menta, meter, metre, namer, paten, pater, peart, perea, peter, prate, preen, ramee, ramen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-n-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: permanent, repayment, treponema. | |
+2 letters: department, entrapment, escarpment, hemipteran, impregnate, pentameter, permanents, permeating, permeation, planimeter, preachment, prepayment, repayments, temperance, treponemal, treponemas. | |
+3 letters: attempering, departments, depravement, entrapments, escarpments, hemipterans, hymenoptera, impermanent, impersonate, impregnated, impregnates, intemperate, metanephric, metanephroi, metanephros, overpayment, pentamerous, pentameters, permanently, permeations, planimeters, pomegranate, preachments, predicament, predominate, prenominate, prepayments, preterminal, reimplanted, replacement, sempiternal, temperament, temperances, treponemata. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 54 45 52 4D 41 4E |
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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