Peerage and Scum

Peerage

Peerage noun - The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.

Scum is an antonym for peerage.

Scum

Scum noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.
Usage example: claimed that only scum lived in that part of town

Peerage is an antonym for scum.

How words are described

local local peerage local scum

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Upstairs Downstairs Not only does he believe it is his moral duty to BE a servant to the aristocracy, but he believes anyone existing outside the Peerage/servant arrangement, (tradesmen in one rant), is the "scum of the earth" and all of society will collapse because of them.
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