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The Peers
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.

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- 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 to...
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- This page lists all peers who held extant titles between 1070 and 1079....
- This page lists all peers who held extant titles between 1100 and 1109....
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