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peerage definition

peer·age (pir′ij)

noun

  1. all the peers of a particular country
  2. the rank or dignity of a peer
  3. a book or list of peers with their lineage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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