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Peer

To come in sight; to appear.

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Broader term 6

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Aristocrat 76% connected

One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Patrician 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Baron 76% connected

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a noble…

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Coeval 76% connected

Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.

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Contemporary 76% connected

Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

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Duke 76% connected

A leader; a chief; a prince.

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Earl 76% connected

A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf i…

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Earl marshal 76% connected

An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and…

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Marquess 76% connected

A marquis.

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Relief 76% connected

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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Reliever 76% connected

One who, or that which, relieves.

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Replacement 76% connected

The act of replacing.

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Substitute 76% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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Successor 76% connected

One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor;…

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Viscount 76% connected

An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

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Viscountess 76% connected

The wife of a viscount.

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Baronage 70% connected

The whole body of barons or peers.

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Peerage 70% connected

The rank or dignity of a peer.

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Synonym 3

Compeer 92% connected

An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.

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Equal 92% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

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Match 92% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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