A member of the class of peers who has the right to sit in the House of Lords.
有资格当上议院议员的贵族
Example sentencesExamples
You have a decidedly low opinion of the peers of the realm, my lady.
Even in Britain a distinction was made between the peers of the realm and the gentry.
Mystery surrounds the identity of a security consultant who posed as a peer of the realm throughout his adult life.
But it's not my fault I've been raised in the household of a peer of the realm.
Yes, I know I can't get away with waking people up at eleven o'clock in the morning just because I'm a peer of the realm.
Synonyms
aristocrat, lord, lady, peeress, noble, nobleman, noblewoman, titled man, titled person, titled woman, patrician, member of the aristocracy, member of the nobility, member of the peerage