pedro

[ pee-droh, pey- ]

noun

, Cards.

, plural pe·dros.

1. any of several varieties of the game all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
2. the five of trumps.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedro¹

First recorded in 1870–75; from Spanish: literally, “Peter”; Peter ( def )

Example Sentences

We found that the closest relatives to the San Pedro River’s isolated mangroves were mangroves at the Terminos Lagoon on the Yucatan’s western coast, along the Gulf of Mexico.

From Popular-Science

A third medic, Pedro Adorno, was out front and he joined them.

From The Daily Beast

The dealership called the Hercules team “right then and there,” Pedro Sr. said.

From The Daily Beast

San Pedro Prison sounded like everything I wanted to experience when I started backpacking as a teenager.

From The Daily Beast

The way San Pedro Prison functions is a necessity as a result, Bolivian journalist Aldo Medinaceli explained to me.

From The Daily Beast

That summer, authorities announced the closure of San Pedro in response to the national anger and citizen protests.

From The Daily Beast

Three sons were the issue of this marriage, one of whom, Maximino Molo, was the father of Pedro.

From Project Gutenberg

And, Pedro preceding them, the young men gaily descended the stairs.

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Pedro flew to obey his lady, and she proceeded along the gallery to the apartment of her guest.

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The next station, Aldea do Pedro, on the banks of the Parahyby, was situated at a distance of sixteen miles.

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All, I believe, from the report of the officer who arrived in the prize, have been dismissed from the Pedro Primero.

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