noun
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the wife or widow of a peer
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a woman holding the rank of a peer in her own right
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of peeress
Example Sentences
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However, on her appointment as minister for Europe, she became a peeress in her own right.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
Which explains how the Mayfair peeress who asked me for cocktails one day has a villa packed with Vieux Paris silver-plate and Louis XVI armchairs covered in needlepoint scenes from La Fontaine’s “Fables.”
From New York Times ● May 20, 2011
Before the marriage takes place Mrs. Simpson will be made a peeress in her own right.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Lady Stanwick had been a peeress in her own right, which is possible, she could not have had a brother.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Lord Quorn?" the wily peeress inquired sweetly, looking from one to the other; and for once, perhaps naturally, at fault.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
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