Meaning of peer in English
Verb
peerEtymology
late 16th century: perhaps a variant of dialect pire or perhaps partly from a shortening of appearDefinitions
1. look searchinglyExamples
- « We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around »
Noun
peerEtymology
Middle English: from Old French peer, from Latin par‘equal’Definitions
1. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group- 2. a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage