Peer
WordNet
noun
(1) A person who is of equal standing with another in a group
(2) A nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
verb
(3) Look searchingly
"We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To look with difficulty, or as if searching something.
- To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman peir, per, from par.
Noun
- 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.
Related terms
- peer assessment
- peer review, peer reviewed
- peer pressure
- without peer
- peerless
- the Peers