These days it does, but historically, I’m 99% sure it meant an aristocrat had the right to a jury of aristocrats. The logic was that commoners had no right to pass judgement on aristocrats, but aristocrats had the right to pass judgement on commoners.
I’m not into violent video games, but the Pyro from Team Fortress 2 comes to mind.
I think peers pretty much just means fellow citizen.
These days it does, but historically, I’m 99% sure it meant an aristocrat had the right to a jury of aristocrats. The logic was that commoners had no right to pass judgement on aristocrats, but aristocrats had the right to pass judgement on commoners.