Meaning

noun a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

noun a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

verb look searchingly

originEtymology tree Proto-West Germanic *pūrijan Old English *pȳran Middle English peren English peer From Middle English peren, pyren, piren (“to peer, gaze”), perhaps from Old English *pȳran (“to look, peer”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūrijan (“to look”), related to Saterland Frisian pierje (“to look”), Dutch Low Saxon piren (“to look”), West Flemish pieren (“to look with narrowed eyes, squint…

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