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Peer \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.
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In song he never had his peer. --Dryden.
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Shall they consort only with their peers? --I.
Taylor.
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2. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
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He all his peers in beauty did surpass. --Spenser.
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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.
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A noble peer of mickle trust and power. --Milton.
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{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.
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Peer \Peer\ (p[=e]r), 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]
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So honor peereth in the meanest habit. --Shak.
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See how his gorget peers above his gown! --B.
Jonson.
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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.
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Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads.
--Shak.
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As if through a dungeon grate he peered.
--Coleridge.
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Peer \Peer\ v. t.
To make equal in rank. [R.] --Heylin.
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Peer \Peer\ v. t.
To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.]
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