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) ** Peer (networking), 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-a ...

Organizations

* Partnership for European Environmental Research, a network of seven European environmental research centres * Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 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 (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 (1941–2019), Dutch actor * Peer Moberg (born 1971), Norwegian sport sailor * Peer Nielsen (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 enrolled ...

(1911–1977), Norwegian architect * Peer Raben (1940–2007), German composer born Wilhelm Rabenbauer * Peer Smed (1878–1943), Danish-American silversmith and metalworker * Peer Stromme (1856–1921), American pastor, teacher, journalist and author

Surname

* Elizabeth Peer (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 ...

(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 Westminster ...

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

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five-act (drama), act play (theatre), play in verse (poetry), verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian language, Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian pla ...

'', 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, wher ...

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