Definition
| • | To come in sight; to appear. | 
| • | To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day. | 
| • | One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate. | 
| • | A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate. | 
| • | A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm. | 
| • | To make equal in rank. | 
| • | To be, or to assume to be, equal. |