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'''Peer''' or '''peeress''' may refer to:
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==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 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)]]
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[[Category:Masculine given names]]
[[Category:Surnames derived from given names]]
[[Category:Danish masculine given names]]