PEER
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Peer (p&ē;r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para&î;tre to appear, L. parere. Cf. Appear.] 1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic]
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So honor peereth in the meanest habit.
Shak.
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See how his gorget peers above his gown!
B. Jonson.
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2. [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf. Pry to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day. Milton.
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Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads.
Shak.
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As if through a dungeon grate he peered.
Coleridge.
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Peer, n. [OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal. Cf. Apparel, Pair, Par, n., Umpire.] 1. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.
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In song he never had his peer.
Dryden.
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Shall they consort only with their peers?
I. Taylor.
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2. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
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He all his peers in beauty did surpass.
Spenser.
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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 realm.
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A noble peer of mickle trust and power.
Milton.
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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.
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Peer v. t. To make equal in rank. [R.] Heylin.
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Peer v. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.]
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