peerage

ˈpɪərɪdʒ

Definition

Definition of peerage - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

upper class

Rare

the group of people with noble titles

Rare

The peerage gathered for the royal event.

aristocracy

gentry

nobility

genealogy guide

Rare

book listing noble families and their history

Rare

She consulted the peerage to trace her ancestry.

aristocracy

gentry

nobility

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Origin of peerage

Old English, peerg (equal) + age (state)

Terms with peerage included in their meaning

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second estate

nobility

the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain

Middleton

nobility

earldom in the English peerage

Anglesey

nobility

marquisate in the peerage of the United Kingdom

marquisate

peerage status

rank or title of a marquis

peerdom

peerage

peers as a collective group or class

viscountcy

peerage

noble dignity or status held by a viscount

Visct

peerage male

short form for the title Viscount

Visct

peerage female

short form for the title Viscountess

Examples of peerage in a sentence

The peerage has a long history in Britain.
The peerage contains detailed genealogies of the aristocracy.
Collectors often seek rare editions of the peerage.

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French:noblesse, nobiliaire, ...
German:Adel, Adelsverzeichnis, ...
Italian:nobiltà, libro della nobiltà, ...
Spanish:nobleza, libro de nobleza, ...
Portuguese:nobreza, almanaque de nobreza, ...
Chinese:贵族, 贵族名册, ...
Japanese:貴族, 貴族名鑑, ...
Arabic:طبقة النبلاء, كتاب النبلاء, ...
Hebrew:מַעֲמַד הָאֲצוּלָּה, סֵפֶר הָאֲצוּלָה, ...
Russian:пэрство, справочник дворянства, ...
Ukrainian:дворянство, гербовник, ...
Hindi:कुलीनता, पीयरिज, ...
Bengali:কুলীনগণ, পিয়ারেজ, ...
Catalan:noblesa, armorial, ...
Czech:šlechta, almanach šlechty, ...
Danish:adel, adelskalender, ...
Dutch:adel, adelslijst, ...
Greek:ευγένεια, βιβλίο ευγενών, ...
Hungarian:főnemesség, nemesi névtár, ...
Khmer:វណ្ណៈអភិជន, សៀវភៅរាយនាមគ្រួសារអភិជន និងប្រវត្តិរបស់ពួកគេ, ...
Korean:귀족, 귀족 명부, ...
Persian:اشراف, کتاب, ...
Polish:arystokracja, herbarz, ...
Portuguese (BR):nobreza, livro de nobreza, ...
Romanian:nobilime, anuar al nobilimii, ...
Swedish:adel, adelskalender, ...
Thai:ขุนนาง, หนังสือขุนนาง, ...
Turkish:asiller, soylular kitabı, ...
Vietnamese:giới quý tộc, cuốn sách quý tộc, ...

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Definition of peerage - Reverso English Dictionary

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