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    PEERAGE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The peers of a kingdom considered as a groupplay

    Synonyms:

    baronage; peerage

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("peerage" is a kind of...):

    aristocracy; nobility (a privileged class holding hereditary titles)

    Meronyms (members of "peerage"):

    Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)

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

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