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peeress
noun peer·ess \ˈpir-əs\
: a woman who is a member of the British nobility
: the wife or widow of a peer (sense 2)
Full 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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First Known Use of PEERESS
1688
Related to PEERESS
- Synonyms
- dame, lady, milady, noblewoman, gentlewoman
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