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peer of the realm

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peer of the realm
n pl peers of the realm
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Great Britain and Northern Ireland) any member of the nobility entitled to sit in the House of Lords
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Noun1.peer of the realm - a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords
British House of Lords, House of Lords - the upper house of the British parliament
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
peer - a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage


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Norton & Company, 216 pages "Mad, bad, and dangerous to know" cautioned Lady Caroline Lamb, but that did not deter her from ruining her reputation and becoming the laughing stock of Regency England in her fantastic pursuit of the poet, adventurer, peer of the realm, and notorious rake, Lord George Gordon Byron.
He said: "It is good to see that a peer of the realm has finally come out in favour of freedom if information, even if as this shows it is not through the normal channels.
But, as a battle-hardened peer of the realm listening in remarked to me after the event: "this sounds like a diversionary hare to me".
 
 
 
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