peer of the realm

1. 1.

   a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords

   Broaderpeer

   Part ofHouse of Lords

   United Kingdom

Questions about peer of the realm

What does peer of the realm mean?

peer of the realm means "a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords".

Is peer of the realm a common word?

peer of the realm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.