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LIFE PEER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does life peer mean?
• LIFE PEER (noun)
The noun LIFE PEER has 1 sense:
1. a British peer whose title lapses at death
Familiarity information: LIFE PEER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A British peer whose title lapses at death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("life peer" is a kind of...):
peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)
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