Peerage

Origin

From peer + -age.

Full definition of peerage

Noun

1. Peers as a group; the nobility, aristocracy.
2. The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
• 1905, w, w:The Case of Miss Elliott Chapter 2, “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. â€¦â€
3. A book listing such people and their families.

Related terms

• peerdom