noble vs peer

noble

noun
  • An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. 

  • A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. 

adj
  • Both isohedral and isogonal. 

  • Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. 

  • Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid. 

  • Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn. 

peer

noun
  • A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners. 

  • Someone who pees, someone who urinates. 

  • Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else). 

  • A look; a glance. 

  • Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else). 

  • A comrade; a companion; an associate. 

verb
  • To make equal in rank. 

  • To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic. 

  • To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something. 

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