Antonyms for peer
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : peer |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɪər |
Definition of peer
Origin :- c.1300, "an equal in rank or status" (early 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Anglo-French peir, Old French per (10c.), from Latin par "equal" (see par (n.)). Sense of "a noble" (late 14c.) is from Charlemagne's Twelve Peers in the old romances, who, like the Arthurian knights of the Round Table, originally were so called because all were equal. Sociological sense of "one of the same age group or social set" is from 1944. Peer review attested by 1970. Peer pressure is first recorded 1971.
- noun person who is another's equal
- verb scan, scrutinize
- And working men may keep the wall, and jostle prince and peer.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- In the Peer's gallery were the foremost members of the House of Lords.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- His father was a peer of France, one of the old nobility, and a General of Engineers.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Blinky snorted and stamped over to the window, stooping to peer at the machine.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- A peer, a minister, a stranger to the county,—to come all this way to consult him!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The mechanic who works at the bench may possess it, as well as the clergyman or the peer.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Meantime, how fared the peer with the calmer and gentler sister?
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- Faces appeared at door and window openings to peer at me as we passed.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- They peer into my window and try to catch a glimpse of the interior.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- The peer evidently thought the same, for he led me aside by the elbow.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
Synonyms for peer
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