the peerage

noun

formal

1

: the people who are members of the British nobility : the people who are peers

2

: the rank of a British peer

He was given the peerage after years of devoted service to the community.

Examples of the peerage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Baronet is a hereditary title and not part of the peerage, ranking below barons but above most knights, per Britannica. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026

Queen Charlotte spends Season 3 sparring with and hunting down Lady Whistledown, while Lady Danbury nudges her to pay attention to the peerage, and in particular, Francesca. — Kari Sonde, Time, 27 Jan. 2026

Newlywed Yasmin is pulling strings among the peerage. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

By the next morning, Andrew’s name had already been removed from the official role of the peerage – a crucial step in the formal scrapping of his titles. — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025

Victims are calling for Clarke to be stripped of the peerage he was awarded in 2020 by Boris Johnson. — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 21 May 2024

Season three cavalierly upends that storyline by handing Will’s young son a surprise title and elevating Will’s entire family to the peerage. — Aja Romano, Vox, 21 May 2024

Though most historians agree that Anne was likely innocent of the crimes she was accused of, she was nonetheless unanimously convicted by a court of the peerage. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 28 Aug. 2022

Today, however, the heralds are experts on such things as history and genealogy and provide advice on anything to do with the peerage and royal ceremonies. — Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 10 May 2022

Rhymes for the peerage

• arrearage
• steerage