OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4157

peer

/pɪə̯/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
congénere • par
Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
In song he never had his peer.
Shall they draw off to their privileged quarters, and consort only with their peers?
coetáneo
Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
noble • par
A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
a noble peer of mickle trust and power
a peer of the realm
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 4156

peer

/pɪə̯/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
escrutar
To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
As if thro’ a dungeon grate he peer’d With broad and burning face.
[…] I should be still / Plucking the grass, to know where sits the wind, / Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads;