6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peer  \Peer\  v.  t. 
  To  be  or  to  assume  to  be  equal.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peer  \Peer\,  n.  [OE.  per,  OF  per,  F.  pair,  fr  L.  par  equal. 
  Cf  {Apparel},  {Pair},  {Par},  n.,  {Umpire}.] 
  1.  One  of  the  same  rank,  quality,  endowments,  character, 
  etc.;  an  equal;  a  match;  a  mate. 
 
  In  song  he  never  had  his  peer.  --Dryden. 
 
  Shall  they  consort  only  with  their  peers?  --I. 
  Taylor. 
 
  2.  A  comrade;  a  companion;  a  fellow;  an  associate. 
 
  He  all  his  peers  in  beauty  did  surpass.  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  A  noble  peer  of  mickle  trust  and  power.  --Milton. 
 
  {House  of  Peers},  {The  Peers},  the  British  House  of  Lords. 
  See  {Parliament}. 
 
  {Spiritual  peers},  the  bishops  and  archibishops  or  lords 
  spiritual,  who  sit  in  the  House  of  Lords. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peer  \Peer\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Peered};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Peering}.]  [OF.  parir,  pareir  equiv.  to  F.  para[^i]tre  to 
  appear,  L.  parere.  Cf  {Appear}.] 
  1.  To  come  in  sight;  to  appear.  [Poetic] 
 
  So  honor  peereth  in  the  meanest  habit.  --Shak. 
 
  See  how  his  gorget  peers  above  his  gown!  --B. 
  Jonson 
 
  2.  [Perh.  a  different  word  cf  OE  piren,  LG  piren.  Cf 
  {Pry}  to  peep.]  To  look  narrowly  or  curiously  or  intently; 
  to  peep;  as  the  peering  day  --Milton. 
 
  Peering  in  maps  for  ports,  and  piers,  and  roads. 
  --Shak. 
 
  As  if  through  a  dungeon  grate  he  peered. 
  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peer  \Peer\  v.  t. 
  To  make  equal  in  rank.  [R.]  --Heylin. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peer 
  n  1:  a  person  who  is  of  equal  standing  with  another  in  a  group 
  [syn:  {equal},  {match},  {compeer}] 
  2:  (British)  a  nobleman  (duke  or  marquis  or  earl  or  viscount  or 
  baron)  who  is  a  member  of  the  British  peerage 
  v  :  look  searchingly;  "We  peered  into  the  back  of  the  shop  to 
  see  whether  a  salesman  was  around" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  peer 
 
  A  unit  of  communications  hardware  or  software  that  is  on  the 
  same  {protocol  layer}  of  a  network  as  another.  A  common  way 
  of  viewing  a  communications  link  is  as  two  {protocol  stack}s, 
  which  are  actually  connected  only  at  the  very  lowest 
  (physical)  layer,  but  can  be  regarded  as  being  connected  at 
  each  higher  layer  by  virtue  of  the  services  provided  by  the 
  lower  layers.  Peer-to-peer  communication  refers  to  these  real 
  or  virtual  connections  between  corresponding  systems  in  each 
  layer. 
 
  To  give  a  simple  example,  when  two  people  talk  to  each  other 
  the  lowest  layer  is  the  physical  layer  which  concerns  the 
  sound  pressure  waves  travelling  from  mouth  to  ear  (so  mouths 
  and  ears  are  peers)  the  next  layer  might  be  the  speech  and 
  hearing  centres  in  the  people's  brains  and  the  top  layer  their 
  cerebellums  or  minds.  Although,  barring  telepathy,  nothing 
  passes  directly  between  the  two  minds,  there  is  a  peer-to-peer 
  communication  between  them 
 
 

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