Verb: peer peer
- Look searchingly
"We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"
- (Internet) carry communications traffic to and from another network, usually without charge or payment
"ISPs often peer with each other at internet exchange points"
- A person who is of equal standing with another in a group
"Among the senators, he was regarded as a respected peer";
- equal, match, compeer
- [Brit] A nobleman or noblewoman who is a member of the British peerage
"As a peer, he had a seat in the House of Lords"
Sounds like: pekoe, picot, pee
Derived forms: peers, peered, peering
Type of: actor, aristo [informal], aristocrat, blue blood, doer, look, patrician, worker
Part of: baronage, peer group, peerage
Encyclopedia: Peer, Stephen