peerer

English

Etymology

From peer +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪəɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɹɚ/
• (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈpiɹə(ɹ)/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpiəɹə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈpiɹəɹ/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
• Homophone: pairer (cheer–chair merger)

Noun

peerer (plural peerers)

1. Someone who peers.
   • 2010, Geoff Dyer, Working the Room: Essays and Reviews: 1999-2010, page 282:

     People regarded her in the same way tourists do the soldiers on Horse Guards Parade, peering at her while she was being photographed. One of these peerers was me. I wondered what it must be like to exist in this I-am-seen-therefore-I-am trance.