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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.
Definition 2024
Peer
peer
peer
English
Verb
peer (third-person singular simple present peers, present participle peering, simple past and past participle peered)
- (intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
- Shakespeare
- peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads
- Coleridge
- as if through a dungeon grate he peered
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- He walked slowly past the gate and peered through a narrow gap in the cedar hedge. The girl was moving along a sanded walk, toward a gray, unpainted house, with a steep roof, broken by dormer windows.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- He would peek into the curtained windows, or, climbing upon the roof, peer down the black depths of the chimney in vain endeavor to solve the unknown wonders that lay within those strong walls.
- Shakespeare
- To come in sight; to appear.
- Shakespeare
- So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
- Ben Jonson
- See how his gorget peers above his gown!
- Shakespeare
Translations
to look with difficulty or as if searching
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman peir, Old French per, from Latin par.
Noun
peer (plural peers)
- Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal (to that of something else).
- Dryden
- In song he never had his peer.
- Isaac Taylor
- Shall they draw off to their privileged quarters, and consort only with their peers?
- Dryden
- Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
- A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
- a peer of the realm
- Milton
- a noble peer of mickle trust and power
- A comrade; a companion; an associate.
- Spenser
- He all his peers in beauty did surpass.
- Spenser
Translations
someone or something of equal level
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noble
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Verb
peer (third-person singular simple present peers, present participle peering, simple past and past participle peered)
- to make equal in rank.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Heylin to this entry?)
- (Internet) To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
Derived terms
Related terms
- peer assessment
- peer review, peer reviewed
- peer pressure
- peerless
- the Peers
Etymology 3
Noun
peer (plural peers)
- Someone who pees, someone who urinates.
- 1999 August 22, “Re: Swimming after eating”, in alt.folklore.urban, Usenet:
- 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?).
- 2000 August 29, “Re: 32 month old urinating in his room! HELP!”, in alt.parenting.solutions, Usenet:
- SOunds[sic] like you've already broken him quite well, if he's peeing when disciplined. Pretty sad. He's not a dog, not that treating a dog like this is any better either. You've turned your child into a submissive peer.
- 2003 October 11, “Re: do female's "mark" their territory?”, in rec.pets.dogs.behavior, Usenet:
- Submissive peeing, on the other hand, IS related to anxiety. But submissive peeing is not marking. A submissive peer is generally a very submissive dog.
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːr
- IPA(key): [pɪːr]
Noun
peer f (plural peren, diminutive peertje n)
Anagrams
Scots
Noun
peer (plural peers)
- A pear.
Verb
peer (third-person singular present peers, present participle peerin, past peert, past participle peert)
- to peer.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pēdere, present active infinitive of pēdō
Verb
peer (first-person singular present peo, first-person singular preterite peí, past participle peído)
- to break wind, to fart
Conjugation
- Rule: i becomes y before o or e.
| infinitive | peer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | peyendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | peído | peída | |||||
| plural | peídos | peídas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | peo | peestú peésvos |
pee | peemos | peéis | peen | |
| imperfect | peía | peías | peía | peíamos | peíais | peían | |
| preterite | peí | peíste | peyó | peímos | peísteis | peyeron | |
| future | peeré | peerás | peerá | peeremos | peeréis | peerán | |
| conditional | peería | peerías | peería | peeríamos | peeríais | peerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | pea | peas | pea | peamos | peáis | pean | |
| imperfect (ra) |
peyera | peyeras | peyera | peyéramos | peyerais | peyeran | |
| imperfect (se) |
peyese | peyeses | peyese | peyésemos | peyeseis | peyesen | |
| future | peyere | peyeres | peyere | peyéremos | peyereis | peyeren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | peetú peévos |
pea | peamos | peed | pean | ||
| negative | no peas | no pea | no peamos | no peáis | no pean | ||
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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