Peer or peeress 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. Members of peer groups are likely to influence each others' beliefs and behaviour. Durin ...

* Peer, a member of the

peerage A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes Life peer, non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted Imperial, royal and noble ranks, noble ranks. Peerages include: A ...

; 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 ...

Education

Peer learning One of the most visible approaches to peer learning comes out of cognitive psychology, and is applied within a "mainstream" educational framework: "Peer learning is an educational practice in which students interact with other students to attain e ...

, an educational practice in which students interact with other students to attain educational goals *

Peer education Peer education is an approach to health promotion, in which community members are supported to promote health-enhancing change among their peers. Peer education is the teaching or sharing of health information, values and behavior in educating oth ...

, an approach to health promotion

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 applicati ...

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, forming a peer-to-peer network of nod ...

, 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 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 in Ljusdal, Sweden) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician, and record producer and partner. He has collaborated with artists such as Madonna, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez, contributing to a st ...

(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 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 ...

(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 (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal stat ...

(born 1967), German bobsledder * Peer Lisdorf (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 Commis ...

(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), ...

(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 Olym ...

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

(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 i ...

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

Peer Steinbrück Peer Steinbrück (born 10 January 1947) is a German politician who was the Chancellor-candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the 2013 federal election. Steinbrück served as the eighth Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia ...

(born 1947), German politician *

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 Elizabeth Clow Peer Jansson (February 3, 1936 – May 26, 1984) was an 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 time when opportunities for wome ...

(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 re ...

(1892–1960), American talent scout, recording engineer, record producer and music publisher

Other uses

* Peer, the title character of ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five-Act (drama), act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. ''Peer Gynt'' chronicles the journey of its title character fr ...

'', a play by Henrik Ibsen, or

Peer Günt Peer Günt are a Finnish hard rock band from Kouvola, formed in 1976, and named after the 1867 play ''Peer Gynt'', by Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen ...

Finnish rock band *

Peer, Belgium Peer () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city located in the province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Peer had a total population of 15,810. The total area is 86.95 ...

, 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, whe ...

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