peeress

/ˈpɪərəs/

Other forms: peeresses

Definitions of peeress

1. noun

   a woman of the peerage in Britain
   synonyms: Lady, noblewoman

   examples:

   Duchess of Ferrara

   Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)

   Lady Godiva

   according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)

   Lady Emma Hamilton

   English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)

   types:

   baroness

   a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron

   countess

   female equivalent of a count or earl

   duchess

   the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

   lady-in-waiting

   a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess

   marchioness, marquise

   a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

   Milady

   an English noblewoman

   grand duchess

   the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right

   type of:

   female aristocrat

   a woman who is an aristocrat