peerage.

1. The rank, dignity, or title of a peer.

2. The peers of a country considered collectively.

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Words that belong together

• hereditary peerage
• grant a peerage

On the page

The crown granted a peerage.

The dispute concerned a hereditary peerage.

The document confirmed his peerage.

Usage notes

Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular peerage; plural peerages. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.