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peerage

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪə.ɪdʒ/

The English word “peerage” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
  2. The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
  3. A book listing such people and their families.

Etymology

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

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