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PEERLESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peerless mean? 

PEERLESS (adjective)
  The adjective PEERLESS has 1 sense:

1. eminent beyond or above comparisonplay

  Familiarity information: PEERLESS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEERLESS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eminent beyond or above comparison

Synonyms:

matchless; nonpareil; one; one and only; peerless; unmatchable; unmatched; unrivaled; unrivalled

Context example:

unrivaled mastery of her art

Similar:

incomparable; uncomparable (such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared)


 Context examples 


Give him greeting from Sir Nigel Loring, and say that the glove which I bear in my cap belongs to the most peerless and lovely of her sex, whom I am now ready to uphold against any lady whose claim he might be desirous of advancing.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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