noun
- a woman who holds a noble title in her own right or is the wife of a peer
Usage: formal; British nobility system
Examples
- The peeress attended the state dinner at Buckingham Palace.
- She became a peeress when she inherited her father’s title.
- The duchess was the most senior peeress at the ceremony.
- As a peeress, she had the right to sit in the House of Lords.
- The peeress wore her family’s ancestral jewels to the coronation.
- Several peeresses gathered for the charity fundraiser.