blue adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) lustrous greenish blue of a peacock's neck.

- butterfly n. Butterfly with eyelike wing markings.

- n. (pl. Same or -s) male peafowl, with brilliant plumage and an erectile fanlike tail with eyelike markings. [from latin pavo peacock, *cock1]

n. A kind of pheasant; peacock, peahen.

n. - (in some rural agricultural countries) small farmer, agricultural worker.

- derog. Lout; boor. peasantry n. (pl. -ies). [anglo-french paisant from païs country]

n. Bog composed of peat.

order n. Social hierarchy, orig. As observed among hens.

adj. Colloq. Hungry.

n. - person who sells drugs illegally.

- us var. Of *pedlar.

n. (usu. In pl.) Stripped-off piece of peel.

tom n. Furtive voyeur.

n. - peers as a class; the nobility.

- rank of peer or peeress.