"peerage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peerage.wav Forms: peerages [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English perage, equivalent to peer + -age. Doublet of parage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|perage}} Middle English perage, {{suffix|en|peer|age}} peer + -age, {{doublet|en|parage}} Doublet of parage Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} peerage (countable and uncountable, plural peerages)
  1. Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nobility Translations (peers as a group): перове (perove) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), Adel [masculine] (German), pariato [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-peerage-en-noun-4JdVDa6v Disambiguation of Nobility: 70 9 21 Disambiguation of 'peers as a group': 95 4 1
  2. The rank or title of a peer or peeress. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the rank or title of a peer): pairie [feminine] (French), Adelstitel [masculine] (German), tiarnas [masculine] (Irish), pares [plural] (Portuguese), pairía [feminine] (Spanish), título nobiliario [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-peerage-en-noun-TyjYIPAp Disambiguation of 'the rank or title of a peer': 14 83 3
  3. A book listing such people and their families. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Books, Collectives Translations (book listing peers and their families): adelskalender [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-peerage-en-noun-zJuJgT02 Disambiguation of Books: 20 10 70 Disambiguation of Collectives: 40 6 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 24 16 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 15 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 10 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 7 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 16 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 13 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 12 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 15 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 24 16 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 17 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 9 79 Disambiguation of 'book listing peers and their families': 12 7 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: peerdom, peership Related terms: aristocracy, bunyip aristocracy

Inflected forms

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