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< peer
peeress >
peer·age
(pîr
j)
KEY
NOUN:
The rank, title, or jurisdiction of a peer or peeress; a duchy, marquisate, county, viscountcy, or barony.
Peers and peeresses considered as a group.
A book listing peers, peeresses, and their families.
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