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PEERAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The peers of a kingdom considered as a group
Synonyms:
baronage; peerage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("peerage" is a kind of...):
aristocracy; nobility (a privileged class holding hereditary titles)
Meronyms (members of "peerage"):
Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)
peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)
