PEER
\pˈi͡ə], \pˈiə], \p_ˈiə]\
Definitions of PEER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
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a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
By Princeton University
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a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
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(British) a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To come in sight; to appear.
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To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day.
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One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.
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A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
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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.
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To make equal in rank.
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To be, or to assume to be, equal.
By Oddity Software
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To come in sight; to appear.
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To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day.
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One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.
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A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
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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.
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To make equal in rank.
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To be, or to assume to be, equal.
By Noah Webster.
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One of the same rank; an equal; a nobleman.
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To look narrowly or closely; as, to peer through the trees.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An equal: an associate: a nobleman: in Great Britain a member of the House of Lords:-fem. PEERESS.
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To look narrowly: to peep:-pa.t. and pa.p. peered.
By Daniel Lyons
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A nobleman.
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An equal; member of the House of Lords; high nobleman.
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Peeress.
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To come in sight; look narrowly; peep.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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