Peer may refer to:

Sociology

* Peer, an equal in age, education or social class; see Peer group * Peer, a member of the

peerage A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks. Peerages include: Australia * Australian peers Belgium * Belgi ...

; related to the term " peer of the realm"

Computing

* Peer, one of several functional units in the same layer of a network; See Peer group (computer networking) **

Peer (networking) Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the network. They are said to form a peer-to-peer ...

, a computer system connected to others on a network ** Peer, a computer network in a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks in

peering In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the "down-stream" users of each network. Peering is settlement-free, also known as "bill-and ...

Organizations

* Partnership for European Environmental Research, a network of seven European environmental research centres *

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, environmental protection organization of local, state, and national government natural resource and environmental professionals. PEER serves as a resource to potent ...

, an organization of anonymous public employees promoting environmental responsibility

People

Given name

* Peer Åström (born 1972), Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer * Peer Guldbrandsen (1912–1996), Danish screenwriter, actor, film director and producer *

Peer Hultberg Peer Hultberg (8 November 1935 – 20 December 2007) was a Danish author and psychoanalyst. Peer Hultberg was born in Vangede northwest of Copenhagen and lived in Horsens and Viborg during his child and teenage years. From 1953 he studied a ...

(1935–2007), Danish author and psychoanalyst * Peer Joechel (born 1967), German bobsledder *

Peer Lisdorf Peer Lisdorf (born 31 March 1967) is a former Danish association footballer and coach who played as a left midfielder, right midfielder, and a centre-forward. He played professionally for first-tier football team Brøndby IF and participated in bo ...

(born 1967), Danish footballer and coach *

Peer Lorenzen Judge Peer Lorenzen is a section president of the European Court of Human Rights. He was born in Denmark in 1944, and studied at Aarhus University. From 1995 to 1999 he was a member of the European Commission of Human Rights The European Commiss ...

(born 1944), Danish jurist and judge and section president of the European Court of Human Rights * Peer Mascini (1941–2019), Dutch actor *

Peer Moberg Peer Moberg (born 14 February 1971) is a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he received a bronze medal in the ''Laser class''. He competed in the Finn class at the 2008 Summer Oly ...

(born 1971), Norwegian sport sailor *

Peer Nielsen Peer Nielsen (sometimes shown as Peer Noorbohm, born June 25, 1942) is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, ...

(born 1942), Danish sprint canoer * Peer Qvam (1911–1977), Norwegian architect * Peer Raben (1940–2007), German composer born Wilhelm Rabenbauer *

Peer Smed Peer Smed (1878 – November 17, 1943) was a Danish-American silversmith and metalworker, active in New York City. Smed was born as Peer Schmidt in Copenhagen, where he trained with the royal silversmiths as a peer to Georg Jensen. In 1903 he imm ...

(1878–1943), Danish-American silversmith and metalworker *

Peer Stromme Peer Stromme also Per Olsen Strømme (September 15, 1856 – September 15, 1921) was an American pastor, teacher, journalist, and author. Early life and education Peer Olson Strømme was born in Winchester, Wisconsin to immigrant parents from No ...

(1856–1921), American pastor, teacher, journalist and author

Surname

* Elizabeth Peer (1936–1984), American pioneering woman journalist * Ralph Peer (1892–1960), American talent scout, recording engineer, record producer and music publisher

Other uses

* A member of the UK

House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the Bicameralism, upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by Life peer, appointment, Hereditary peer, heredity or Lords Spiritual, official function. Like the ...

, the upper house of the Parliament * Peer, the title character of ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on wh ...

'', a play by Henrik Ibsen *

Peer, Belgium Peer () is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Peer had a total population of 15,810. The total area is 86.95 km² which gives a population density of 182 inhabitants per km� ...

, a municipality * Twelve Peers, in legend, the twelve foremost knights of Charlemagne's court