Peer or peeress may refer to:
Sociology
Peer, an equal in age, education or social class; see Peer group
Peer, a member of the peerage; related to the term "peer of the realm"
Education
Peer learning, an educational practice in which students interact with other students to attain educational goals Peer education, an approach to health promotion
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
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 (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 (1911–1977), Norwegian architect Peer Raben (1940–2007), German composer born Wilhelm Rabenbauer Peer Smed (1878–1943), Danish-American silversmith and metalworker Peer Steinbrück (born 1947), German politician Peer Stromme (1856–1921), American pastor, teacher, journalist and author
Surname
Elizabeth Peer (1936–1984), American pioneering woman journalist
Ralph Peer (1892–1960), American talent scout, recording engineer, record producer and music publisher
Other uses
Peer, the title character of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen, or Peer Günt Finnish rock band Peer, Belgium, a municipality Twelve Peers, in legend, the twelve foremost knights of Charlemagne's court
See also
Pe'er, a list of people with the given name or surname
Peers (disambiguation), a surname and place name
Pir (Sufism) (also spelled Peer) Pier (disambiguation) Pir (disambiguation)