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peer PERSONfemale also peer.ess HpIE5, $pIr, H5pIE7res, $5pIr7esn [C](in Britain) a person who has a high social position and any of a range of titles, including BARON, EARL and DUKE, or a life peer, who is a member of the House of Lords贵族a hereditary peer一名世袭的贵族a Conservative peer一名保守党贵族Peers voted by 125 to 103 on Thursday to amend the Disability Allowances Bill.上院议员星期四以125对103票修改了残疾补贴法案。Peers were told yesterday that there are no plans to sell off Britain's 2000 miles of canal.上院议员昨天被告知没有计划要卖掉英国的2000英里运河。A peer of the realm is a member of the House of Lords (=the part of the British parliament which is not elected) who is not a life peer.非终身贵族的上院议员
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