Peer may refer to:

Sociology

* Peer, an equal in age, education or social class; see

Peer group In sociology, a peer group is both a social group and a primary group of people who have similar interests ( homophily), age, background, or social status. The members of this group are likely to influence the person's beliefs and behaviour. ...

* Peer, a member of the peerage; related to the term "

peer of the realm A peer of the realm is a member of the highest aristocratic social order outside the ruling dynasty of the kingdom. Notable examples are: * a member of the peerages in the United Kingdom, who is a hereditary peer or a life peer * a member of the ...

Computing

* Peer, one of several functional units in the same layer of a network; See

Peer group (computer networking) In computer networking, a peer group is a group of functional units in the same layer (see e.g. OSI model) of a network, by analogy with peer group. See also peer-to-peer Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed applicatio ...

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 Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER) is a network of seven European environmental research centres, created in 2001. One of the aims of PEER is to foster innovative interdisciplinary research and cross-cutting approaches in sup ...

, 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 poten ...

, an organization of anonymous public employees promoting environmental responsibility

People

Given name

Peer Åström Peer Åström (born 1972 in Ljusdal, Sweden) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer and partner with Anders Bagge. The two songwriters / producers are known as Bagge & Peer. They have together written and produced songs for ...

(born 1972), Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer *

Peer Guldbrandsen Peer Guldbrandsen (22 October 1912 – 13 March 1996) was a Danish screenwriter, actor, film director and producer. He wrote for 42 films between 1940 and 1976. He also appeared in 23 films between 1939 and 1978. Selected filmography * '' ...

(1912–1996), Danish screenwriter, actor, film director and producer * Peer Hultberg (1935–2007), Danish author and psychoanalyst *

Peer Joechel Peer Jöchel (born 6 March 1967 in Kiel) is a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s. He won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1993 FIBT World Championships in Igls Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Austro-Bavarian ...

(born 1967), German bobsledder * Peer Lisdorf (born 1967), Danish footballer and coach * Peer Lorenzen (born 1944), Danish jurist and judge and section president of the European Court of Human Rights *

Peer Mascini Petrus Johannes Maria "Peer" Mascini (23 March 1941 – 16 May 2019) was a Dutch actor and writer. He is well known for his work in Blind Date (1996) and De eenzame oorlog van Koos Tak (1996). He was a recipient of Golden Calf award. Career ...

(1941–2019), Dutch actor * Peer Moberg (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 Peer Hafslo Qvam (24 December 1911 – 27 July 1977) was a Norwegian architect. He was born at Holmestrand in Vestfold, Norway. He was a son of chemical engineer Olaf Hafslo Qvam (1873–1960) and his wife Sigrid Sørby (1875–1929). He enrolle ...

(1911–1977), Norwegian architect *

Peer Raben Peer Raben (born Wilhelm Rabenbauer, 3 July 1940 – 21 January 2007) was a German composer who worked with German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Life Raben was born in Viechtafell, Bavaria, and attended Musische Gymnasium Straubing. He died ...

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

Surname

Elizabeth Peer Elizabeth Clow Peer Jansson (February 3, 1936 – May 26, 1984), often just Liz Peer, was a pioneering American journalist who worked for ''Newsweek'' from 1958 until her death in 1984. She began her career at ''Newsweek'' as a copy girl, at a ...

(1936–1984), American pioneering woman journalist *

Ralph Peer Ralph Sylvester Peer (May 22, 1892 – January 19, 1960) was an American talent scout, recording engineer, record producer and music publisher in the 1920s and 1930s. Peer pioneered field recording of music when in June 1923 he took remote rec ...

(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 upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminste ...

, the upper house of the Parliament * Peer, the title character of '' Peer Gynt'', 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 The Paladins, also called the Twelve Peers, are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) ''chanson de geste'' cycle of the Matter of France, where ...

, in legend, the twelve foremost knights of Charlemagne's court