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Verb: peer  pir [N. Amer], pi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Look searchingly
    "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"
     
  2. (Internet) carry communications traffic to and from another network, usually without charge or payment
Noun: peer  pir [N. Amer], pi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. A person who is of equal standing with another in a group
    - equal, match, compeer
     
  2. [Brit] A nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

Sounds like: pier

Derived forms: peers, peering, peered

Type of: individual, look, Lord, mortal, noble, nobleman, person, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: baronage, peer group, peerage

Encyclopedia: Peer Peer, Belgium