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PEER, n. [L. par.]

1. An equal; one of the same rank. A man may be familiar with his peers.

2. An equal in excellence or endowments.

In song he never had his peer.

3. A companion; a fellow; an associate.

He all his peers in beauty did surpass.

4. A nobleman; as a peer of the realm; the house of peers, so called because noblemen and barons were originally considered as the companions of the king, like L. comes,count. In England, persons belonging to the five degrees of nobility are all peers.

PEER, v.i. [L. pareo.]

1. To come just in sight; to appear; a poetic word.

So honor peereth in the meanest habit.

See how his gorget peers above his gown.

2. To look narrowly; to peep; as the peering day.

Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads.
1913 Definition
Peer (peer)
v. i.(?)
Peer
[imp. *** p. p. Peered (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. paraî]tre to appear, L. parere. Cf. Appear.]
  1. To come in sight; to appear.
    [Poetic]

    So honor peereth in the meanest habit. Shak.

    See how his gorget peers above his gown! B. Jonson.

  2. To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day.
    Milton.

    Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. Shak.

    As if through a dungeon grate he peered. Coleridge.

  3. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.

    In song he never had his peer. Dryden.

    Shall they consort only with their peers? I. Taylor.

  4. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.

    He all his peers in beauty did surpass. Spenser.

  5. 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.

    A noble peer of mickle trust and power. Milton.

    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.

  6. To make equal in rank.
    [R.] Heylin.
  7. To be, or to assume to be, equal.
    [R.]
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