peerage

🇺🇸 /ˈpɪrɪdʒ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpɪərɪdʒ/
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noun
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A group of people who hold titles of nobility, like dukes, earls, and barons.

The Queen invited the entire peerage to the royal garden party.

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The title or rank given to a person of nobility, like a duke or a baron.

He was granted a peerage and became the Earl of Highfield.

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n. A group of people who hold titles of nobility, like dukes, earls, and barons.; The title or rank given to a person of nobility, like a duke or a baron.

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Plural peerages

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