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Equal until the British crown decides one of you outranks the room.
means To peer is to look searchingly, especially with difficulty; as a noun, a peer is someone of equal standing — or, in Britain, a member of the nobility.
from Two different words wearing the same coat. The 'equal' peer comes from Latin 'par,' meaning equal — the same root behind 'parity' and 'par for the course' — which entered English through Old French 'per.' The verb 'to peer,' meaning to gaze narrowly, is a separate and murkier creature: possibly a shortened form of 'appear,' or related to dialectal 'pire' meaning to look closely. The two have nothing to do with each other except a spelling that fooled everyone into thinking they were kin.
two meaningsA noble title and a total equal collide here
peer pressureMost influential before age 25, then quietly fades
latin rootFrom par, meaning equal, like par golf
peer reviewScience's brutal gatekeeping by jealous strangers
to peerSame word means squinting hard at something