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Webster 1913 Edition
Peer
Peer
(pēr)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Peered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Peering
.] 1.
To come in sight; to appear.
[Poetic]
So honor
peereth
in the meanest habit. Shakespeare
See how his gorget
peers
above his gown! B. Jonson.
2.
To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep;
as, the
. peering
dayMilton.
Peering
in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. Shakespeare
As if through a dungeon grate he
peered
. Coleridge.
1.
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.
2.
A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
He all his
peers
in beauty did surpass. Spenser.
3.
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 realmA 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.
Peer
Verb.
T.
To make equal in rank.
[R.]
Heylin.
Peer
Verb.
T.
To be, or to assume to be, equal.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Peer
PEER
,Noun.
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
,Verb.
I.
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.