life peer

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Definition of life peer

: a British peer whose title is not hereditary

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Recent Examples on the Web Lord Black of Crossharbour (his full title when he was made a life peer in 2001) was chairman of Hollinger International, the media company that owned, among other publications, the Daily Telegraph and the Chicago Sun-Times. — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020 May chose to make Darroch a life peer -- a member of the House of Lords -- in her resignation honors list, a tradition of British politics that grants an outgoing Prime Minister the right to reward anyone of their choosing. — Rob Picheta, CNN, 10 Sep. 2019

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