noun
Pedro
PEHD-roh
noun
1
A trick-taking card game in the "all fours" family.
"They played a few hands of pedro after dinner."
2
The radio callsign used for a combat search-and-rescue aircraft, usually a helicopter.
"Pedro was scrambled to recover the downed pilot."
How to Use Pedro
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMainly a proper name (Spanish/Portuguese form of Peter), but also the name of a card game and a military rescue-helicopter callsign.
Word Forms
Pedros plural, Pedroes plural
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Etymology
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Pedro, from Latin Petrus, ultimately from Greek petros, "stone" — a relative of the English name Peter.