In Britain, a life peer is a person who is given a title such as 'Lord' or 'Lady' which they can use for the rest of their life but which they cannot pass on when they die.
He was made a life peer in 1991.
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life peer in British English
noun
British
a peer whose title lapses at his or her death
Examples of 'life peer' in a sentence
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The committee proposes a two-tier system for new life peers in which some would be given no right to attend proceedings in the Lords.