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Definition of Peer

Peer
Peer Peer v. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.]
Peer
Peer 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. 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 realm. A 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
Peer Peer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peered; p. pr. & vb. n. Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para[^i]tre to appear, L. parere. Cf. Appear.] 1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic] So honor peereth in the meanest habit. --Shak. See how his gorget peers above his gown! --B. Jonson. 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. Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. --Shak. As if through a dungeon grate he peered. --Coleridge.
Peer
Peer Peer v. t. To make equal in rank. [R.] --Heylin.

Meaning of Peer from wikipedia

- Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally...
- Look up peer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peer or peeress may refer to: Peer, an equal in age, education or social class; see Peer group Peer, a member...
- Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of...
- Peer-to-peer lending, also abbreviated as P2P lending, is the practice of lending money to individuals or businesses through online services that match...
- Peer-to-peer transactions (also referred to as person-to-person transactions, P2P transactions, or P2P payments) are electronic money transfers made from...
- Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by...
- Peer Gynt (/pɪər ˈɡɪnt/, Norwegian: [peːr ˈjʏnt, - ˈɡʏnt]) is a five-act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one...
- Peer-to-peer carsharing (also known as person-to-person carsharing and peer-to-peer car rental) is the process whereby existing car owners make their...
- Private peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are peer-to-peer (P2P) systems that allow only mutually trusted peers to parti****te. This can be achieved by using...
- The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of November 2024, there are 801 hereditary peers: 30 dukes (including six royal...