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单词 peterkin
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Peterkinn.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Peter , -kin suffix.
Etymology: < the name of St Peter (see Peter n.) + -kin suffix.
Obsolete.
An unworthy or insignificant claimant to the spiritual position of St Peter.Apparently an isolated use.
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peterlingc1662
Peterkin1892
1892 T. H. Huxley Ess. Controverted Quest. 15 Setting up Lutheran, Zwinglian, and other Peterkins, in the place of the actual claimant to the reversion of the spiritual wealth of the Galilean fisherman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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