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peer
has definitions from the field of sociology
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[ verb ] look searchingly
Examples "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)He saw no life , but still stood there for a time peering at the unlovely hills , his gaze continually returning to Papa-san . They crowded the small room and peered over one another 's shoulders to watch the handless man write his name in the book . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)At_the_same_time he started walking the streets , peering at the people passing or shopping_at the stalls , storing up fresh impressions of what they looked_like , how they moved . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He had peered through the darkness at the rampart . He appeared to be peering haughtily down_his_nose at the crowded and unclean vessel that would carry him to freedom . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)They survive only when they can recruit social and economic peers . We have seen that the folksy spirit is confined to economic peers ; consequently , the vulnerability to social difference should not be attributed to the stress on personal community in Protestant congregations ; actually , there is little evidence of such personal community in Protestant congregations , as we shall see in another connection . (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)On playing some typical situations before a jury of his peers he showed some characteristics rated as unsatisfactory . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)No cow thief could count_on a jury of his sympathetic peers to free him any_longer . Related terms person associate successor contemporary stand-in townsman peer_group equal equal |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8895
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[ noun ] (British) a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
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