What does peerage mean?
Peerage means Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy..
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/ˈpɪə̯.ɪd͡ʒ/ · noun
Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy..
“Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichborne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.
Use peerage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Peerage means Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy..
Common synonyms include peerdom, peership, baronage.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichborne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.
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