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peer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | compeer, equal, match |
| Type of | person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul |
| Has types | relief, replacement, backup man, backup, associate, reliever, stand-in, substitute, successor, townsman, gangsta, fill-in, contemporary, coeval |
peer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | nobleman, lord, noble |
| Has types | marquess, viscountess, life peer, viscount, earl, earl marshal, baron, peer of the realm, duke |
Examples of peers
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So, does the social skills group have some sort of typical peers involved in it?
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The franc depreciated versus all of its 16 most actively traded peers this week.
From the bloomberg.com
The Blue Raiders at least did well against their peers, going 5-3 in conference.
From the washingtontimes.com
To encourage mentoring, Santos and his peers paired with lesser-ranked soldiers.
From the kansas.com
Their vocabularies are hundreds of words fewer than their more advantaged peers.
From the edition.cnn.com
Fairholme's 13.2% annualized return has outperformed 99% of peers over 10 years.
From the businessweek.com
Again, if the reports of my peers are true, my mother had thousands of children.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Their hopes and dreams are shared by millions of their peers across the country.
From the forbes.com
In 2006, a teenager started a live music club night, open to his underage peers.
From the independent.co.uk
- A person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- Look searchingly; "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"
- A nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
- Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or work loads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application. They are said to form a peer-to-peer network of nodes.
- Peers is a surname, and may refer to: * Donald Peers * Edgar Allison Peers, an English academician * Gavin Peers * Kerry Peers * Michael Peers * Teddy Peers (1886-1935), Welsh international footballern* William R. Peers, an American General who investigated the My Lai Massacre
- Somebody or something who/that is at an equal level; A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners; To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something
- (Peers) a section of the British Houses of Parliament, the House of Lords, the House of Peers
- (Peers) Equals; those who are an individual's equals in rank and station.
- (Peers) People of the same age who share a similar range of interests.
