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名詞

peerdom (countable and uncountable, plural peerdoms)

1. (obsolete) A lordship.
2. Peers as a group; peerage.
   • 2001, Einar H. Fredriksson, A Century of Science Publishing:

     Today's most cited authors wil be tomorrow's peers. It all revolves around professional proficiency, sharing specific research traditions, the availability of money, publications in leading journals, honours received. There is more to peerdom than reviewing papers.

   • 2002, Lloyd Biggle, Jr., The Chronocide Mission:

     The families that left the village in the dead of niot were headed westward to a new peerdom beyond the reach of peers and lashers — a peerdom of one- namers, a peerdom where they could manage their own affairs, educate their children, and guarantee a full measure of freedom to all.

参照

• “peerdom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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