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peerages

peerages is the plural of peerage.

Meaning of peerage

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.

Questions about peerages

What is peerages the plural of?
Peerages is the plural of peerage.

Words near peerages in the dictionary

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

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