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life peer

noun

British.
  1. a peer whose title ceases at death; nonhereditary peer.


life peer

noun

  1. a peer whose title lapses at his death
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of life peer1

First recorded in 1865–70
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After stepping down from the Assembly in 2011, she was appointed a life peer.

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Former first minister Carwyn Jones is to be made a life peer by Downing Street.

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A few months later he joined the House of Lords as a life peer.

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Britten was later created a life peer, the first musician or composer to be elevated to the peerage.

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At the age of 27, she became the youngest member of the European Parliament and is a life peer of the House of Lords.

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