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Verb: peer  peer
  1. Look searchingly
    "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"
     
  2. (Internet) carry communications traffic to and from another network, usually without charge or payment
    "ISPs often peer with each other at internet exchange points"
Noun: peer  peer
  1. 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
     
  2. [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