{{wiktionary|Peer|peer}} '''Peer''' or '''peeress''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==Sociology== * Peer, an equal in age, education or social class; see Peer group * Peer, a member of the peerage
==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
==People== ===Given name=== * Peer Åström (born 1972), Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer * Peer Bork (1963–2026), German bioinformatician * 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 Kluge (born 1980), German former footballer * Peer Koopmeiners (born 2000), Dutch footballer * 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 Posipal (born 1962), German former footballer * Peer Raben (1940–2007), German composer born Wilhelm Rabenbauer * Peer Schmidt (1926–2010), German actor * 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=== * Basharat Peer (born 1977), Kashmiri journalist, script writer and author * Elizabeth Peer (1936–1984), American pioneering woman journalist * Ralph Peer (1892–1960), American talent scout, recording engineer, record producer and music publisher * Stephen Peer (1840–1887), tightrope walker who fell to his death at Niagara Falls
==Other uses== * the title character of ''Peer Gynt'', a play by Henrik Ibsen * Peer, Belgium, a municipality and city
==See also== * Pe'er, a list of people with the given name or surname * Peers (disambiguation), a surname and place name * Pir (Sufism) (also spelled Peer) * Pier (disambiguation) * Pir (disambiguation) * {{look from}} * {{in title}}
{{disambiguation|given name|surname}} Category:Masculine given names Category:Surnames derived from given names Category:Danish masculine given names