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peterero

peterero is the alternative form of pederero.

Meaning of pederero

Noun

pederero (plural pedereros or pedereroes)

  1. (historical) A short piece of chambered ordnance, used to fire stones in naval and siege warfare.
    • His habitation is defended by a ditch, over which he has laid a draw-bridge, and planted his court-yard with patereroes continually loaded with shot […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of peterero

pluralpetereros
pluralpetereroes

Questions about peterero

What is peterero the alternative form of?
Peterero is the alternative form of pederero.

Words near peterero in the dictionary

  1. Peterculter
  2. petered
  3. petered out
  4. peterel
  5. peterels
  6. peterero
  7. petereroes
  8. petereros
  9. Petergof
  10. Peterhead
  11. Peterhof

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