peer
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8.6
- noun
- /pɪr/
- UK
:
par (título nobiliario)
- The Duke is the most powerful peer in England.
Examples
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He is a peer of the realm.
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He's a dear, kind man and a peer of the realm.
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Every duke and earl and peer is here
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My lord, why do you thus incense your peers that naturally would love and honor you?
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See you, my princes and my noble peers, these English monsters.
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Lord John McCartney, millionaire Irish peer.
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She was considered a peer of D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille.
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The Duke is the most powerful peer in England.
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He is a peer of the realm, known for his contributions to the community.
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Lady Ermina Vaswani was a peer, well respected among the British nobility.
Synonyms
790
2.5
A woman who has a noble title in Britain, for example the wife or female partner of a lord
335
4.8
A man who has a noble title and may sit in the House of Lords
63
5.3
A person from a high social family with a title
14
5.6
A man from a high social class who has a title
2
5.8
A woman from a high social class who has a title
A woman who has a noble title, often in Britain, or a woman whose husband was a noble
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
43
4.2
To have other experts in the same field check a colleague's work for quality
- Specialized
5
4.4
A way for people or computers to connect and share directly without a central server
- UK
1
7.9
A person given a title for life who sits in the House of Lords and whose title ends at death
Surface Forms
Etymology
Peer for a noble also comes from an old word meaning 'equal', because these nobles were seen as 'equals' among themselves, which is why a peer today is a titled noble with a place in the group of nobles.