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Definition of Peers

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 Peers from wikipedia

- Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally...
- Peers or peers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peers may refer to: Donald Peers Edgar Allison Peers, English academician Gavin Peers John Peers,...
- Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by...
- The Chamber of Peers or House of Peers refers to the legislative upper house in several countries with a peerage: Chamber of Peers (France) from 1814...
- hereditary peers that belonged to that party in 1999: Conservative Party: 42 peers Labour Party: 2 peers Liberal Democrats: 3 peers Crossbenchers: 28 peers Of...
- publisher Peer, the title character of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen, or Peer Günt Finnish rock band Peer, Belgium, a muni****lity Twelve Peers, in legend...
- or peers with every other network which also does not purchase transit (which together constitute a "default free zone" or "DFZ"). Public peering is done...
- banking model (simplified) LendingClub Peer-to-peer Social peer-to-peer processes Peer-to-peer lending "Peer-to-peer lending is surging in the US, and it...
- Deprivation Act 1917. Any peer who receives a writ of summons (which is in practice all life Peers bar Royal Peers, and some hereditary peers) may sit in the House...
- Peer-to-peer transactions (also referred to as person-to-person transactions, P2P transactions, or P2P payments) are electronic money transfers made from...