peerage

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɪə̯.ɪd͡ʒ/
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/ˈpɪə̯.ɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈpɪː.ɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈpɪ(ə̯)ɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈpɪɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈpiə̯.əd͡ʒ/ · /ˈpiɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈpɪjɜ̯(ː)(ɾ).ɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈpiːɾ.ɪd͡ʒ/

Definition of peerage

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
    ““Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichborne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)A book listing such people and their families.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English perage, from Old French parage. By surface analysis, peer + -age. Doublet of parage.

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