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peerage

Syllables: peer·age/ˈpɪə.ɪdʒ/US/ˈpɪɹ.ɪdʒ/

peerage noun: peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.

Noun

peerage (countable and uncountable, plural peerages)

  1. Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
  2. The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
    • “Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichborne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC, section 2, page 173
  3. A book listing such people and their families.

peerage meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

peerage in Malayalam

കുലീനന്മാർ, കുലീനസ്ഥാനം, പ്രഭുപദവി, പ്രഭുഗുണം

peerage in Kannada

ವರಿಷ್ಠ ಪದವಿ, ಉನ್ನತವರ್ಗ, ವರಿಷ್ಠರು

Synonyms of peerage

Forms of peerage

pluralpeerages

Plural of peerage: peerages

Origin of peerage

Inherited from Middle English perage, from Old French parage. By surface analysis, peer + -age. Doublet of parage.

Words formed from peerage

Questions about peerage

What does peerage mean?
Peerage means peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
What is peerage in Malayalam?
Peerage in Malayalam is കുലീനന്മാർ, കുലീനസ്ഥാനം, പ്രഭുപദവി. See Peerage meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is peerage?
Peerage is a noun.
How do you pronounce peerage?
Peerage is pronounced /ˈpɪə.ɪdʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of peerage?
The plural of peerage is peerages.

Words near peerage in the dictionary

  1. peer-reviews
  2. peer-to-peer
  3. peer-to-peer economies
  4. peer-to-peer economy
  5. peer-to-peer lending
  6. peerage
  7. peerages
  8. peercast
  9. peercasted
  10. peercasting
  11. peercasts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peerage (page history and authors); peerage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peerage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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