PEER

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French per, from per, adjective, equal, from Latin par Date: 13th century one that is of equal standing with another ; equal , companion , 3. a member of one of the five ranks (as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron) of the British ~age, noble 1, ~ adjective II. transitive verb Date: 14th century rival , match , III. intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps by shortening & alteration from appear Date: 1580 to look narrowly or curiously, to come slightly into view ; emerge partly