0 a member of the House of Lords (= the part of the UK parliament that is not elected) who is not a life peer
I should like to see the distinction swept away, so that every working-man should in all respect be a peer of the realm.
I do not believe that there is a peer of the realm who could claim that he was not aware of that inevitability.
There is nothing to prohibit any individual from describing himself as a peer of the realm, for any purpose not unlawful.
Perhaps the bitterness of the peer of the realm was increased by the knowledge that though peers are taxed like everybody else they have no hand in framing the taxes.
It was especially shocking as it was the assassination of an agent of a peer of the realm.
During this time he unsuccessfully demanded to be called before parliament as a peer of the realm.
A harsh rebuff to a peer of the realm.
Peers of the realm pick up £100 a day tax-free, with expenses, and some of them just walk through the door and walk out again.
