Definitions for Peer

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Peer peer

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IPA: /pɪər/

Peer is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in Peer (eepr).

Definitions for Peer

noun

1. a person of the same legal status:
2. a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status.
3. something of equal worth or quality:
4. a nobleman.
5. a member of any of the five degrees of the nobility in Great Britain and Ireland (duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron).
6. Archaic. a companion.

verb (used without object)

1. to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly.
2. to peep out or appear slightly.
3. to come into view.

Origin of Peer

1175-1225; Middle English per Old French per Latin pār equal

Examples for Peer

A peer, a minister, a stranger to the county,—to come all this way to consult him!

As I waited to speak to Manning, a cleaning woman poked her head out from one of the adjacent rooms to peer at me.

In the peer's gallery were the foremost members of the House of Lords.

Blinky snorted and stamped over to the window, stooping to peer at the machine.

And working men may keep the wall, and jostle prince and peer.

His father was a peer of France, one of the old nobility, and a General of Engineers.

His explanation only diminishes the irresistible excitement we feel while watching Tony Perkins peer at Janet Leigh in her shower.

In fact, this leader is roughly a peer of those once-influential figures.

Notice how he says it is Gore who rejects “openness” and “peer review.”

Detectives are then ranked by past performance and peer reviews, gaining or losing influence with each case.