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Meaning of "life peer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIFE PEER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIFE PEER

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adverb
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conjunction
determiner
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Life peer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIFE PEER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Life peer

In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Nowadays life peerages, always of the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship. The legitimate children of a life peer take the privilege of children of hereditary peers, being entitled to style themselves with the prefix 'The Honourable'.

Definition of life peer in the English dictionary

The definition of life peer in the dictionary is a peer whose title lapses at his death.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIFE PEER

life imprisonment
life instinct
life insurance
life interest
life jacket
life lesson
life mask
life member
life membership
life partner
life peerage
life preserver
life president
life raft
life science
life sciences
life sentence
life space
life span
life story

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIFE PEER

acting career
beer
career
cheer
compeer
deer
engineer
Greer
leer
outpeer
overpeer
peer
peer-to-peer
pioneer
sheer
software engineer
speer
steer
veer
volunteer

Synonyms and antonyms of life peer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «life peer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIFE PEER

Find out the translation of life peer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of life peer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «life peer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生命同行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

par de vida
570 millions of speakers

English

life peer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवन सहकर्मी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحياة الأقران
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пожизненным пэром
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vida de pares
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবন পিয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vie par les pairs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidup rakan sebaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peer auf Lebenszeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ライフピア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생활 피어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Urip peer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngang cuộc sống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாழ்க்கைச் சார்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीवन सरदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hayat akran
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vita tra pari
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wzajemnej życie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

довічним пером
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

la egal la egal viață
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισόβιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lewe peer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livjämlike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

life peer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of life peer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE PEER»

The term «life peer» is normally little used and occupies the 131.037 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE PEER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «life peer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «life peer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about life peer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIFE PEER»

Discover the use of life peer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to life peer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Peer Leadership in Higher Education: New Directions for ...
Similar to orientation leaders, students perceive RAs to be more approachable and less judgmental than authority figures (Gross and McMullen 1983); therefore, residence life peer leaders can be more influential and can have a significant ...
Jennifer R. Keup, 2012
2
Living with Peer Pressure and Bullying
As a teenager, the biggest concern is that poorly planned sexual behavior can lead to an outcome that can drastically alter your life. Peer pressure comments about sex often include false information regarding pregnancy and sexually ...
Facts On File, Incorporated, Thomas Paul Tarshis, 2010
3
Peer Gynt: A Scenographic Journey
Ibsen felt that Norway was not making current contributions to the world and was relying on tradition and past heroics as a way of life. Peer shows no devotion to his homeland or a need for communal living, but is a symbol that a man is ...
Kelly Vogel, 2007
4
The International Who's Who of Women 2002
93 CATALA, Nicole, French politician, professor of law and judge 94 CATSELLJ, Irene (Rina), Cypriot politician and writer 94 CHALKER, Baroness (Life Peer), cr 1992, of Wallasey, Lynda Chalker, British politician 95 CHAMARETTE, ...
Elizabeth Sleeman, 2001
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Heroes and Anti-heroes: European Literature and the Ethics ...
... of his life. Peer finally reunites with Solveig – now an old woman. She has been waiting for Peer all her life, and expresses a deep love for Peer. She excuses his “sins”: “You have not sinned at all. You have made my life into a song”.
‎2010
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Foundations of Education
Whereas family relationships may constitute a child's first experience of group life , peer-group interactions soon begin to make their powerful socializing effects felt . From playgroup to teenage clique, the peer group affords young people many ...
Allan Ornstein, Daniel U. Levine, 2007
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Personality Development In Adolescence: A Cross National and ...
The tender mutuality between them that makes us believe that at least at the very first stage of life, Peer gained from his mother a sense of Basic Trust. Although we could never trust Peer, Peer, at least, could trust life and his right to be in the ...
Eva Skoe, Anna von der Lippe, 2005
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Our Dramatic Heritage: Classical drama and the early Renaissance
If Faust was in many respects the embodiment of the Renaissance man, interested in everything and seeking the fullest experience and knowledge of every aspect of life, Peer Gynt may be said to represent modern man, creating his own ...
Philip George Hill, 1983
9
Our Dramatic Heritage
If Faust was in many respects the embodiment of the Renaissance man, interested in everything and seeking the fullest experience and knowledge of every aspect of life, Peer Gynt may be said to represent modern man, creating his own ...
Philip G. Hill, 1989
10
Legal Responses to Religious Difference
A life peer effectively retains their position for life, while a Lord Spiritual who ceases to hold their position in the Church of England hierarchy loses their place in the Lords. The appointment of a Lord Spiritual is effectively automatic, and as of ...
Christof H. Heyns, Peter W. Edge, Frans Viljoen, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIFE PEER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term life peer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Melvyn Bragg went from Wigton to Westminster
Created a life peer by Tony Blair in 1998 and the progenitor and presenter of Radio 4's unapologetically intellectual series In Our Time, it's easy ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
2
Tony Hall, profile: The BBC's last, best hope who can be 'quite …
Created a life peer in 2010, he is now Lord Hall of Birkenhead. After attending two direct-grant schools, he went to Keble College, Oxford to ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Scene Around
He was knighted in 1969 and created a Life Peer in 1976. Previous WJC Theodore Herzl Award recipients include SHIMON PERES, ELIE and ... «Heritage Florida Jewish News, Jul 15»
4
British Holocaust survivor funding rescue of Syrian Christians
He was made a life peer of Britain's upper house in 1976. "I had a debt to repay," Weidenfeld said. "It applies to so many young people who ... «Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, Jul 15»
5
British Pakistanis are '13 times more likely to produce disabled …
The 81-year-old life peer added: "What is extraordinary is that so many Pakistani families do not seem to care, either about the potential ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Ex-Birmingham MP rushed to hospital after garden collapse
The former Birmingham MP was made a life peer as Baroness Knight of Collingtree after ending her 31-years in the House of Commons in ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
7
How the women in Melvyn Bragg's life have haunted his conscience …
In the documentary, Bragg - or Lord Bragg of Wigton, having been made a Labour life peer in 1998 - receives glowing tributes from well-known ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
Lord Brian Paddick writes…Standing up for evidence-based policy …
... Metropolitan Police Service until 2007, the Lib Dem candidate for the London mayoral election in 2008 and 2012, and a life peer since 2013. «Liberal Democrat Voice, Jul 15»
9
Londoner's Diary: Alison Wolf mauls the Prime Minister's gender pay …
The King's College economics professor was personally nominated by the PM as a crossbench life peer last year but she is not one for ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
10
Lord Ernest Soulsby of Swaffham Prior awarded Queen's Medal by …
The first veterinary surgeon to be made a Life Peer in the House of Lords has now been awarded a Queen's Medal. Lord Ernest Soulsby, who ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»

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