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- - peeper
  - peephole
  - peeping Tom
  - peepul
  - peer
  - peer group
  - peer of the realm
  - peer pressure
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  - peeress
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peeress

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peeress life peer

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peeress

▶noun

1 a woman holding the rank of a peer in her own right.

2 the wife or widow of a peer.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
life peer (or peeress)

▶noun (in the UK) a peer (or peeress) whose title cannot be inherited.

– derivatives
life peerage noun.

'peeress' also found in these Oxford entries:

life peer - nobleman - peerage

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