ANST - SCA PEERS

[Rolf Kvamme]

peerages.....

hmmm lets look at this class...

peer2 (pîr) n.

A person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, 
or age: children who are easily influenced by their peers.

A nobleman.
A man who holds a peerage by descent or appointment.
Archaic. A companion; a fellow: “To stray away into these forests 
drear,/Alone, without a peer” (John Keats).

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[Middle English from Old French per, equal, peer, from Latin pr; see per-2 
in Indo-European Roots.]

And from Webster

Main Entry: 1peer
Pronunciation: 'pir
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French per, from per, adjective, 
equal, from Latin par
Date: 13th century

1 : one that is of equal standing with another : EQUAL; especially : one 
belonging to the same societal group especially based on age, grade, or 
status

2 archaic : COMPANION

3 a : a member of one of the five ranks (as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, 
or baron) of the British peerage
  b : NOBLE 1
- peer adjective

So by definition peers or members of the peerage are concidered equal ( 
which is coincidentally the first word the thesaurus gives as an alternative 
to peer).

Class dissmissed and remember your homework.

Baron Sir Duncan
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