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peers

UK/pɪəz//pɪɹz/

peers is the plural of peer.

peers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of peer.

Meaning of peer

Noun (1)

peer (plural peers)

  1. A look; a glance.
    • Blessed are those organisers who provide one-and-all with a name tag, for then the participants will chat together. A quick peer at your neighbour's lapel is much the simplest way to become introduced […]1970, William Crookes, T. A. Malone, George Shadbolt, The British journal of photography, volume 117, page 58

Noun (2)

peer (plural peers)

  1. Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
    • In song he never had his peer.1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    compeer
  2. Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
  3. A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
    • a peer of the realm
  4. A comrade; a companion; an associate.
    • He all his Peeres in beautie did surpas,1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37

Noun (3)

peer (plural peers)

  1. (informal) Someone who pees, someone who urinates.
    • As was the caveat about peeing in a pool. Of course, peeing in a pool wasn't dangerous to the person ... If you peed in a pool, and you were carrying the polio virus, presumably *other* people were put at risk, not the peer (pee-er?).1999 August 22, “Re: Swimming after eating”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet)

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Peers

the Peers

  1. A section of the British Houses of Parliament, the House of Lords, the House of Peers.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Peers

Peers (plural Peerses)

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Forms of peers

pluralPeerses

Origin of peers

Variant of Piers.

Phrases with peers

Words that rhyme with peers

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Questions about peers

What does peers mean?
Peers means a section of the British Houses of Parliament, the House of Lords, the House of Peers.
What is peers the plural of?
Peers is the plural of peer.
What part of speech is peers?
Peers is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce peers?
Peers is pronounced /pɪɹz/ (US).

Words near peers in the dictionary

  1. peeringly
  2. peerings
  3. peerless
  4. peerlessly
  5. peerlessness
  6. peers
  7. peers of the realm
  8. Peerses
  9. peership
  10. peerships
  11. peert

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