peer

I

n

1. equal, coequal, match, like, compeer; partner, confrere, colleague, associate; mate, fellow, pendant, companion; twin, double, counterpart, equivalent, equipollent, other half, alter ego; rival.

2. nobleman, noble, aristocrat, patrician, silk-stocking, Inf. blue blood, gentleman; grand duke, archduke, lord, milord, duke, marquis, Hist. margrave, earl, viscount, baron; grandee, magnifico, don, hidalgo; baronet, lordling, Scot. Hist. thane, princeling; seigneur, feudal lord, Japanese Hist. daimyo, signior, signor; squire, Scot. laird, Russian Hist. boyar, (in medieval Germany) landgrave.

II

v

1. squint at, try to see, try to discern, look narrowly; glimpse, glance, peep, peek. See peek(def. 1).

2. come forth, become visible, break through, emerge, peep. See peep I(def. 2).