Peers

Proper noun

Meaning

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

A surname originating as a patronymic.


the Peers

A section of the British Houses of Parliament, the House of Lords, the House of Peers.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

gentry aristocrat peerage kish jury nobility aristocracy House of Lords nobleman squint ane A-list contemporaries mates noblewoman
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Antonyms

rabble scum

Phrases with the word

fellow peers peers and peeresses among peers

Anagrams

prees speer spere spree esper perse Serpe

Examples

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers. Horatio Nelson

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well. Franz Kafka

I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one. John Kennedy Toole

The peers just fill the air with their speeches.” "And from what I've seen, vice versa. Gregory Benford

Play with your peers. Scottish Proverb

Marry your children with their peers so you won't regret it someday. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

peerless man peerlessly peerlessness peers and peeresses peership peert