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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

peer¹ / pi(ə)r/ • v. [intr.] look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something: Blake screwed up his eyes, trying to peer through the fog. ∎ be just visible: the two towers peer over the roofs. ∎ [intr.] archaic come into view; appear. peer² • n. 1. a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. 2. a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person: he has incurred much criticism from his academic peers. • v. archaic make or become equal with or of the same rank. PHRASES: without peer unequaled; unrivaled: he is a goalkeeper without peer.DERIVATIVES: peer·less adj. (in sense 2).

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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

peer The name given to the LAYERS which communicate with each other in a network. For example, if layer n in one network communicates with layer m in another then these layers are known as peers.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

peer1 (one's) equal XIII; member of the nobility XIV. — AN., OF. pe(e)r (mod. pair) :— L. pār, par- equal.
Hence peerage XV, peeress XVII.

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peer2 look narrowly; peep out, show itself XVI. of uncert. orig.; cf. pire (XIV), corr. to LG. pīren; perh. partly aphetic of APPEAR.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

peer •adhere, Agadir, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, queer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre

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	Peers can work well, but only with training. Newspaper article from: TB Monitor; 7/1/1997
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