peeress
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Definition of peeress
1 : the wife or widow of a peer
2 : a woman who holds in her own right the rank of a peer
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Synonyms
dame, gentlewoman, lady, milady, noblewoman
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peeress
noun
English Language Learners Definition of peeress
: a woman who is a member of the British nobility
: the wife or widow of a peer (sense 2)
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