PEERS

Noun

peers

plural of peer

Verb

peers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peer

Anagrams

• Esper, Perse, Spree, esper, per se, perse, pères, speer, spere, spree

Proper noun

the Peers

A section of the British Houses of Parliament, the House of Lords, the House of Peers.

Proper noun

Peers (plural Peers)

A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Piers.

A patronymic surname.

Anagrams

• Esper, Perse, Spree, esper, per se, perse, pères, speer, spere, spree

Source: Wiktionary

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PEER

Peer, v. i. [imp. & p.p Peered; p. pr. & vb. n. Peering.] Etym: [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. paraître 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. Etym: [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf. Pry to peep.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [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.

Definition: To make equal in rank. [R.] Heylin.

Peer v. t.

Definition: To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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