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peerdom

peerdom noun: a lordship.

Noun

peerdom (countable and uncountable, plural peerdoms)

  1. (obsolete) A lordship.
  2. Peers as a group; peerage.
    • Today's most cited authors wil be tomorrow's peers. It all revolves around professional proficiency, sharing specific research traditions, the availability of money, publications in leading journals, honours received. There is more to peerdom than reviewing papers.2001, Einar H. Fredriksson, A Century of Science Publishing
    • The families that left the village in the dead of niot were headed westward to a new peerdom beyond the reach of peers and lashers — a peerdom of one- namers, a peerdom where they could manage their own affairs, educate their children, and guarantee a full measure of freedom to all.2002, Lloyd Biggle, Jr., The Chronocide Mission

Forms of peerdom

pluralpeerdoms

Origin of peerdom

From peer + -dom.

Questions about peerdom

What does peerdom mean?
Peerdom means a lordship.
What part of speech is peerdom?
Peerdom is a noun.
What is the plural of peerdom?
The plural of peerdom is peerdoms.

Words near peerdom in the dictionary

  1. peerages
  2. peercast
  3. peercasted
  4. peercasting
  5. peercasts
  6. peerdom
  7. peerdoms
  8. peered
  9. peerer
  10. peerers
  11. peeress

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