PEER OF THE REALM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("peer of the realm" is a kind of...):

peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Holonyms ("peer of the realm" is a member of...):

British House of Lords; House of Lords (the upper house of the British parliament)