Peterson

American  

[pee-ter-suhn] / ˈpi tər sən /

noun

1. Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.

2. Roger Tory, 1908–1996, U.S. ornithologist, author, and artist.

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Peterson British  

/ ˈpiːtəsən /

noun

1. Oscar ( Emmanuel ). 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist and singer, who led his own trio from the early 1950s

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Example Sentences

The Conference Board's chief economist Dana Peterson added that respondents' comments about prices suggest that costs of living remained top-of-mind.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Morgan analyst William Peterson wrote in a recent note to clients that roughly a third of Alcoa’s alumina capacity is contracted to “key players” in the Middle East, including EGA and Alba.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

“The stuff that was easy to move has now been moved,” said Chad Bown, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

For Peterson, who was living in a townhome with her three children, a key scene involved visiting the lavish home where she used to live before her divorce.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“Let a bee sit on your arm, like Joey Peterson did?”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli