life peer
nounBritish.
a peer whose title ceases at death; nonhereditary peer.
Origin of life peer
1First recorded in 1865–70
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How to use life peer in a sentence
He was made a life peer in 1991, and was elected fellow of the British Academy in 1994.
Then if a poor, he becomes a great man, and even a kind of minor chief—a life peer, as it were.
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British Dictionary definitions for life peer
life peer
noun
British a peer whose title lapses at his death
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