as in lady
a woman of high birth or social position
a wedding invitation eagerly sought by every peer and peeress in the realm
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Recent Examples of peeress
All About the Crowns That Will Be Used at King Charles and Queen Camilla's Coronation Indeed, seven decades ago, there were tiaras and coronets aplenty, including Queen Elizabeth's maids of honor and hundreds of the peeresses too.
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Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeress
Noun
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Just as a conjurer saws a lady in half, the movie keeps dividing its characters and relationships.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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All of these ladies come and go, and Sister Nancy is still here.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And YouTube, marketing itself as the global hub of fandom cultivation, became queen bee.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Peru’s cumbia family dynasty Grupo 5, Puerto Rico’s versatile Guaynaa, Argentina’s cuartetazo force Luck Ra, Puerto Rican merengue queen Olga Tañón and Cuba’s rising reparto sensation Bebeshito will discuss how their respective genres have the power to cross borders.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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Neither Oh’s dizzy countess nor Nyong’o’s charming, feckless Viola ever takes the reins of this production, but that would be hard to do.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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In a similar vein (pun intended), the 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory was rumored to have bathed in the blood of young girls to preserve her youth.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This email was sent in the context of advice the duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The duchess then smiled warmly at Harry before weaving her own arm underneath his, moving his hand up her back.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Social status and fashion conspired to make gentlewomen’s footwear of every sort flimsy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
Noun
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In 2004, Cooper was awarded an OBE, or Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in 2024, she was made a dame.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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In 2017, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to entertainment and charity.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Peeress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeress. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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