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peer·age
(pîr′ĭj)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
(ˈpɪərɪdʒ)n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the whole body of peers; aristocracy
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the position, rank, or title of a peer
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (esp in the British Isles) a book listing the peers and giving genealogical and other information about them
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peer•age
(ˈpɪər ɪdʒ)n.
1. the body of peers of a country.
2. the rank or dignity of a peer.
3. a book listing the peers and giving their genealogies.
[1425–75; late Middle English perage]
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peerage
a list or directory of peers, usually with genealogies, as Burke’s Peerage.
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Peerage
the body of peers, 1454.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | peerage - the peers of a kingdom considered as a group aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles 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 the higher echelons of the British peerage
Quotations
"When I want a peerage, I shall buy it like an honest man" [Lord Northcliffe]
"When I want a peerage, I shall buy it like an honest man" [Lord Northcliffe]
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Translations
النُّبلاء والأشْرافرُتْبَة الأشْراف
hodnost peerašlechta
adelstatusadelstitel
fõnemesség
aîallaîalstign
hodnosť péra
asilzadelersoylularsoyluluk ünvanı
peerage
[ˈpɪərɪdʒ] N → nobleza fhe was given a peerage → le otorgaron un título de nobleza
to marry into the peerage → casarse con un título
to be raised to the peerage → obtener un título de nobleza
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peerage
n
(= rank) → Adelsstand m, → Adelswürde f; (in GB) → Peerage f, → Peerswürde f; to raise or elevate somebody to the peerage → jdn in den Adelsstand erheben; to give somebody a peerage → jdm einen Adelstitel verleihen, jdn adeln; to get a peerage → geadelt werden, einen Adelstitel verliehen bekommen
(= book) das britische Adelsverzeichnis
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peerage
[ˈpɪərɪdʒ] n → dignità di parihe was given a peerage → gli è stato conferito il titolo di pari
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peer1
(piə) noun1. a nobleman (in Britain, one from the rank of baron upwards).
2. a person's equal in rank, merit or age. The child was disliked by his peers; (also adjective) He is more advanced than the rest of his peer group.
ˈpeerage (-ridʒ) noun1. a peer's title or status. He was granted a peerage.
2. (often with plural verb when considered as a number of separate individuals) all noblemen as a group. The peerage has/have many responsibilities.
ˈpeeress noun1. the wife or widow of a peer.
2. a woman who is a peer in her own right.
ˈpeerless adjective without equal; better than all others. Sir Galahad was a peerless knight.
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