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Peer Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Peer?
[n] a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
[n] (British) a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage [v] look searchingly; "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around" Synonyms | Synonyms for Peer: compeer | equal | match Related Terms | Find terms related to Peer: appear | archduke | aristocrat | armiger | associate | autopsy | baron | baroness | baronet | be curious | become visible | bend the eyes | blue blood | bore | Brahman | break through | burn with curiosity | canvass | check | check out | check over | check up on | coequal | colleague | compeer | confrere | count | counterpart | countess | daimio | delve into | dig around for | dig into | dig up | direct the eyes | ditto | duchess | duke | earl | emerge | equal | equipollent | equivalent | esquire | examine | explore | eye | fathom | fellow | gape | gaup | gawk | gentleman | give an examination | glare | gloat | go into | go over | goggle | grand duke | grandee | hidalgo | indagate | inquire | inspect | interrogate | investigate | lace-curtain | lady | laird | landgrave | like | look | look at | look into | look over | lord | lordling | magnate | magnifico | marchioness | margrave | marquis | match | mate | monitor | noble | nobleman | noblewoman | nose around for | nose out | observe | opposite number | optimate | overhaul | overlook | palsgrave | parallel | pass over | pass under review | patrician | peek | peep | peep out | peer at | peer into | peruse | play peekaboo | plumb | poke into | pore over | postmortem | probe | pry | pry into | query | question | quiz | review | rival | rubber | rubberneck | run over | scan | scrutinize | search into | seek | seigneur | seignior | set an examination | show | sift | silk-stocking | size | size up | snoop | sound | sovereign | spy | squire | stare | study | survey | swell | take a peep | take stock of | take the measure | thoroughbred | twin | upper-cruster | viscount | viscountess | waldgrave | want to know See Also | associate | backup | backup man | Baron | baronage | Charles Cornwallis | coeval | contemporary | Cornwallis | Duke | Earl | Earl Marshal | fill-in | First Marquess Cornwallis | human | individual | life peer | look | Lord | Marquess | mortal | noble | nobleman | peer group | peer of the realm | peerage | person | relief | reliever | replacement | somebody | someone | soul | stand-in | substitute | successor | townsman | Viscount | viscountess Peer In Webster's Dictionary \Peer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Peering}.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para[^i]tre to
appear, L. parere. Cf. {Appear}.]
1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic]
So honor peereth in the meanest habit. --Shak.
See how his gorget peers above his gown! --B.
Jonson.
2. [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf.
{Pry} to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently;
to peep; as, the peering day. --Milton.
Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads.
--Shak.
As if through a dungeon grate he peered.
--Coleridge.
\Peer\, n. [OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Pair}, {Par}, n., {Umpire}.] 1. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate. In song he never had his peer. --Dryden. Shall they consort only with their peers? --I. Taylor. 2. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate. He all his peers in beauty did surpass. --Spenser. 3. A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm. A noble peer of mickle trust and power. --Milton. {House of Peers}, {The Peers}, the British House of Lords. See {Parliament}. {Spiritual peers}, the bishops and archibishops, or lords spiritual, who sit in the House of Lords. \Peer\ v. t. To make equal in rank. [R.] --Heylin. \Peer\ v. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.] |
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