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peerer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpiɹəɹ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpɪəɹə(ɹ)/ (US) without the mirror–nearer merger
• /ˈpiɹə(ɹ)/ (US) without the mirror–nearer merger
• /ˈpɪəɹə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɪɹɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈpiəɹə/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpɛːɹə/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *pūrijan Old English *pȳran Middle English peren English peer Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English peerer From peer + -er.

Meanings

1. Someone who peers.
   • People regarded her in the same way tourists do the soldiers on Horse Guards Parade, peering at her while she was being photographed. One of these peerers was me. I wondered what it must be like to exist in this I-am-seen-therefore-I-am trance. 2010, Geoff Dyer, Working the Room: Essays and Reviews: 1999-2010, page 282:

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