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Peerage : (noun)
1: the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: baronage]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Peerage : \Peer"age\, n. [See Peer an equal, and cf. Parage.]
1. The rank or dignity of a peer. --Blackstone.
2. The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.
When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. --Milton.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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