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peeress

noun peeresses

  1. A noblewoman married to a peer. But there were more than a score of peers there beside, with their peeresses in tall feathers, diamonds, and monstrous hoops.
  2. A woman holding a noble title in her own right. [I]t is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress.

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@misc{peeress_2026,
  title = {peeress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peeress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}