Peer

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

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