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Definition of life peer in English: life peernoun (in the UK) a peer whose title cannot be inherited. （英国爵位不能世袭的）终身贵族 he entered the House of Lords as a life peer Example sentencesExamples - He was knighted in 1944 and made life peer in 1965.
- She was the first female director of the Royal Institute, and was made a life peer earlier this year.
- She had previously been the first black woman to enter the Lords when she was made a life peer in 1997.
- He was made a life peer in 1992 but in 2000 was expelled by the party after claims emerged that he had invented an alibi in the 1987 libel case.
- However, it was probably his religious credentials that led to him becoming the only Tory MP to have been both knighted and created a life peer by Labour.
- He was knighted in 1990 and made a life peer in 1997.
- The 63-year-old, who was made a life peer in 2004 on the recommendation of the former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, saved the party from financial ruin during some of its darkest days.
- She was awarded the CBE in 1994 and made a life peer in 1999.
- He was made a life peer in 1997 after retiring as Chief of the Defence Staff with the rank of Field Marshal.
- He published books on violin-playing and an autobiography, and was made a life peer in 1993.
- In 2001 he was appointed a life peer, following the removal of the voting rights of hereditary lords.
- She resigned after a leadership challenge and was created a life peer in 1992.
- The 71-year-old, who was made a life peer in 2001 after a career as an MP, had previously held roles as an opposition spokeswoman across a range of portfolios.
- He was created a life peer in 1972, and was High Steward of Kingston from 1973 until his death in 1998.
- She has chaired various government committees of enquiry, is a life peer and has recently voted on an Order legalising therapeutic cloning of human embryos.
- He was knighted in 1998 and created a life peer in 2004.
- The Labour life peer, who also served as Shadow Lord Chancellor from 1990 to 1992, died at his home in Bayswater, London, on Friday after a long illness.
- He was created a life peer in 1992 and became an Opposition spokesman in the House of Lords on legal affairs from that year until 1997.
- As a life peer, Lord Geraint held the position of deputy speaker, deputy chairman of committees and spokesman on Welsh rural affairs.
- During the 1992 election he became the Tories' unofficial cheerleader, and later that year was created a life peer.
Derivativesnoun The conference of a life peerage is first recorded, I think, in the 14th century. Example sentencesExamples - In 1931 he was awarded a life peerage as Baron Rutherford of Nelson, of Cambridge.
- Baroness Blackstone was awarded a life peerage in 1987 and was Arts Minister from 2001 to 2003 and Minister of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001.
- In 1999 he was honoured with a life peerage in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, as Lord Foster of Thames Bank.
- You can imagine the sleepless nights the Archbishop of York will be enduring over the nasty little rumour he is to be denied a life peerage as ‘punishment’ for his outspoken criticism of the Government.
Definition of life peer in US English: life peernounlaɪf pɪ(ə)r (in the UK) a peer whose title cannot be inherited. （英国爵位不能世袭的）终身贵族 he entered the House of Lords as a life peer Example sentencesExamples - The 71-year-old, who was made a life peer in 2001 after a career as an MP, had previously held roles as an opposition spokeswoman across a range of portfolios.
- She was awarded the CBE in 1994 and made a life peer in 1999.
- He was knighted in 1998 and created a life peer in 2004.
- He was created a life peer in 1972, and was High Steward of Kingston from 1973 until his death in 1998.
- The Labour life peer, who also served as Shadow Lord Chancellor from 1990 to 1992, died at his home in Bayswater, London, on Friday after a long illness.
- He was made a life peer in 1992 but in 2000 was expelled by the party after claims emerged that he had invented an alibi in the 1987 libel case.
- However, it was probably his religious credentials that led to him becoming the only Tory MP to have been both knighted and created a life peer by Labour.
- He was created a life peer in 1992 and became an Opposition spokesman in the House of Lords on legal affairs from that year until 1997.
- She was the first female director of the Royal Institute, and was made a life peer earlier this year.
- During the 1992 election he became the Tories' unofficial cheerleader, and later that year was created a life peer.
- She had previously been the first black woman to enter the Lords when she was made a life peer in 1997.
- He was knighted in 1944 and made life peer in 1965.
- The 63-year-old, who was made a life peer in 2004 on the recommendation of the former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, saved the party from financial ruin during some of its darkest days.
- She resigned after a leadership challenge and was created a life peer in 1992.
- In 2001 he was appointed a life peer, following the removal of the voting rights of hereditary lords.
- He published books on violin-playing and an autobiography, and was made a life peer in 1993.
- As a life peer, Lord Geraint held the position of deputy speaker, deputy chairman of committees and spokesman on Welsh rural affairs.
- He was made a life peer in 1997 after retiring as Chief of the Defence Staff with the rank of Field Marshal.
- He was knighted in 1990 and made a life peer in 1997.
- She has chaired various government committees of enquiry, is a life peer and has recently voted on an Order legalising therapeutic cloning of human embryos.
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