WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
peer′ of the realm′, pl. peers of the realm. 
  1. Governmentany of a class of peers in Great Britain and Ireland entitled by heredity to sit in the House of Lords.
  • 1585–95

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realm

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