Usually means: Appointed member of British nobility.
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  1. life peer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. life peer: Merriam-Webster
  3. life peer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. life peer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. life peer: Vocabulary.com
  6. life-peer: Wordnik
  7. life peer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. life peer: Wiktionary
  9. life peer: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. life peer: Dictionary.com
  11. Life Peer, Life peer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. life peer: Rhymezone
  13. life peer: FreeDictionary.org
  14. life peer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. life peer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. life peer: Encyclopedia

(Note: See life_peerage as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (life peer)

▸ noun:  (Westminster Parliament) A member of the House of Lords, appointed for life, but whose position is not hereditary.

Similar:
peer of the realm, hereditary, lord, Peers, peerage, lord-in-waiting, law lord, second estate, my Lord, senator, more...

Opposite:
hereditary peer, nobleman, aristocrat

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Similar:
peer of the realm, hereditary, lord, Peers, peerage, lord-in-waiting, law lord, second estate, my Lord, senator, more...

Opposite:
hereditary peer, nobleman, aristocrat



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