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peerage

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.

Sound

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
Real reading context

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