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peer
A	noun
	1	peer, equal, match, compeer
				a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚peer, equal, match, compeer ╚townsman ╚successor; replacement ╚stand-in; substitute; relief; reliever; backup; backup man; fill-in ╚contemporary; coeval ╚associate
	2	peer
				a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚leader ╚aristocrat; blue blood; patrician ╚male aristocrat ╚Lord; noble; nobleman ╚peer ╚Cornwallis; Charles Cornwallis; First Marquess Cornwallis ╚viscountess ╚Viscount ╚peer of the realm ╚Marquess ╚life peer ╚Earl Marshal ╚Earl ╚duke ╚Baron
B	verb
	1	peer
				look searchingly; "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"
		Category Tree: look ╚peer

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