peeress
IPA: pˈɪrɛs
noun
- A noblewoman married to a peer.
- A woman holding a noble title in her own right.
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Examples of "peeress" in Sentences
- To date, she was the last peeress to be granted a hereditary peerage.
- A peeress loses her legal right to the peerage style following divorce.
- It was very rare for a woman to be created a peeress before the 17th century.
- The wife of an Earl is not, for that reason alone, a peeress in her own right.
- Perhaps Sophie, who never was consort of a monarch, is treated like a peeress.
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