Peer

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make equal in rank.

II. Peer ·vt To be, or to assume to be, equal.

III. Peer ·vi To come in sight; to Appear.

IV. Peer ·noun A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an Associate.

V. Peer ·noun One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, ·etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.

VI. Peer ·vi To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to Peep; as, the peering day.

VII. Peer ·noun A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm.