How to pronounce peer

Say it like this: /pɪɹ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/pɪɹ/

What does peer mean?

verbTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.

“As if thro’ a dungeon grate he peer’d With broad and burning face.”

To come in sight; to appear.

“And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, / So honour peereth in the meanest habit.”

nounA look; a glance.

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