PEER

(PERSON), female also peeress [noun] [C] - (in Britain) a person who has a high social position and any of a range of titles, including baron, earl and duke, or a life peer, who is a member of the House of Lords. See Houses of Parliament at house (POLITICS).a hereditary peera Conservative peerPeers voted by 125 to 103 on Thursday to amend the Disability Allowances Bill.Peers were told yesterday that there are no plans to sell off Britain's 2000 miles of canal.A peer of the realm is a member of the House of Lords (= the part of the British parliament which is not elected) who is not a life peer.