Thesaurus: peer

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1. v. i. To come in sight; to appear.
2. v. i. To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day.
3. n. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.
4. n. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
5. n. A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm.
6. v. t. To make equal in rank.
7. v. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal.
8. n. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
9. n. a nobleman or noblewoman who is a member of the British peerage
10. v. look searchingly
11. To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, thepeering day. Milton.Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. Shak.As if through a dungeon grate he peered. Coleridge.