peerage

peer·age  (pîrj)

n.

1. The rank, title, or jurisdiction of a peer or peeress; a duchy, marquisate, county, viscountcy, or barony.

2. Peers and peeresses considered as a group.

3. A book listing peers, peeresses, and their families.

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peerage Brit

Noun

1. the whole body of peers; aristocracy

2. the position, rank, or title of a peer

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peerage

a list or directory of peers, usually with genealogies, as Burke’s Peerage.

See also: Books

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Peerage the body of peers, 1454.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

peerage - the peers of a kingdom considered as a group baronage aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles noblewoman, peeress, Lady - a woman of the peerage in Britain peer - a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

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peerage

noun aristocracy, peers, nobility, lords and ladies, titled classes

Translations

peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ] n → nobleza

peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ] n → pairie f

peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ] peer n (title) → Adelswürde f;

(position) → Adelsstand m;

the peerage (all the peers) → der Adel

peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ] n → dignità di pari; pari mpl