peerage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: peerage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for peerage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peerage n the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: peerage, baronage]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peerage \Peer"age\, n. [See {Peer} an equal, and cf. {Parage}.] 1. The rank or dignity of a peer. --Blackstone. 2. The body of peers; the nobility, collectively. When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. --Milton.