Peer

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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)
• All pages with titles beginning with Peer 
• All pages with titles containing Peer

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This page was last edited on 14 January 2024, at 11:59