peer
$ \mathrm{peer}^1 | pir |
verb no object, with adverbial
look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something:
e.g. Blake screwed up his eyes, trying to peer through the fog.
be just visible:
e.g. the two towers peer over the roofs.
archaic come into view; appear.
ORIGIN
late 16th century: perhaps a variant of dialect pire or perhaps partly from a shortening of appear.
$ \mathrm{peer}^2 | pir |
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noun
In the British peerage, earldoms and baronies were the earliest to be conferred; dukes were created from 1337, marquesses from the end of the 14th century, and viscounts from 1440. Such peerages are hereditary, although since 1958 there have also been nonhereditary life peerages. Peers are entitled to a seat in the House of Lords and exemption from jury service; they are debarred from election to the House of Commons.
〖通例～s; one's ～〗 (年齢･社会的地位などが)同等の人, 同輩, 友達
e.g. he has incurred much criticism from his academic peers.: 彼は彼の大学の同輩から多くの批判を被った。
verb archaic
PHRASES
unequaled; unrivaled; peerless: he is a goalkeeper without peer.
ORIGIN