Definition of peers Peers
/pɪˈɹz/ - [pirz] -
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What does peers mean?
Wiktionary 
- peers (Noun)
Plural of peer.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: peers |
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| peer - a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | ||
| equal, match, compeer | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| peer group contemporaries of the same status | ||
| associate any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate" | ||
| coeval, contemporary a person of nearly the same age as another | ||
| gangsta (Black English) a member of a youth gang | ||
| backup man, fill-in, stand-in, reliever, substitute, backup, relief someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" | ||
| successor, replacement a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone | ||
| peer - a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage | ||
| noble, nobleman, lord a titled peer of the realm | ||
| baronage, peerage the peers of a kingdom considered as a group | ||
| britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | ||
| baron a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" | ||
| duke a British peer of the highest rank | ||
| earl a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount | ||
| earl marshal an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies | ||
| life peer a British peer whose title lapses at death | ||
| marquess a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl | ||
| peer of the realm a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords | ||
| viscount a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron | ||
| viscountess a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right | ||
Verb |
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| peer - look searchingly; "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around" | ||
| look have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" | ||
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Wiktionary
- peer (Noun)
Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal to that of something else. - peer (Noun)
Someone who is approximately the same age as someone else. - peer (Noun)
A noble with a hereditary title, i. e. , a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners. - peer (Noun)
Someone who pees, someone who urinates. - peer (Verb)
To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something. - peer (Verb)
To make equal in rank. - peer (Verb)
To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- peer (v. i.)
To come in sight; to appear. - peer (v. i.)
To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day. - peer (n.)
One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate. - peer (n.)
A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate. - peer (n.)
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. - peer (v. t.)
To make equal in rank. - peer (v. t.)
To be, or to assume to be, equal.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Somebody or something who/that is at an equal level. -
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A noble with a hereditary title.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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peer
pēr, n. an equal in rank, ability, character, &c.: an associate: a nobleman: a member of the House of Lords:—fem. Peer′ess.—n. Peer′age, the rank or dignity of a peer: the body of peers: a book containing a description of the history, connections, &c. of the different peers.—adj. Peer′less, having no peer or equal: matchless.—adv. Peer′lessly.—n. Peer′lessness.—House of Peers, the House of Lords; Spiritual peer, one of the bishops or archbishops qualified to sit as members of the House of Lords; Temporal peer, one of the members of the House of Lords, other than the bishops. [O. Fr. (Fr. pair),—L. par, paris, equal.] -
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pēr, v.i. to look narrowly or closely: to peep: to appear:—pa.t. and pa.p. peered.—adj. Peer′y, prying, sly. [M. E. piren—Low Ger. piren, orig. pliren, to draw the eyelids together.]
Wikipedia 
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Belgium
Peer is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
In 2007 its population was 15943.
It is located at 51° 08 North, 05° 27 East.
