noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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pîr′ĭj
Australian, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɪə.ɪdʒ/
Australian, Received-Pronunciation:[ˈpɪə̯.ɹɪdʒ]
Australian, Received-Pronunciation:[ˈpɪː.ɹɪdʒ]
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada, General-American:/ˈpɪɹ.ɪdʒ/
New-Zealand:/ˈpiə.ɹədʒ/
Scotland:/ˈpiɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
CMU ARPABET:P IH1 R AH0 JH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A book listing such people and their families.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baronage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nobility, aristocracy
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English perage, from Old French parage. By surface analysis, peer + -age. Doublet of parage.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
пе́рове
(pérove)
— peers as a group
German:
Adel
— peers as a group
Portuguese:
pariato
— peers as a group
French:
pairie
— the rank or title of a peer
German:
Adelstitel
— the rank or title of a peer
Irish:
tiarnas
— the rank or title of a peer
Portuguese:
pares
— the rank or title of a peer
Spanish:
pairía
— the rank or title of a peer
Spanish:
título nobiliario
— the rank or title of a peer
Norwegian Bokmål:
adelskalender
— book listing peers and their families
Norwegian Nynorsk:
adelskalender
— book listing peers and their families