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peeress|ˈpɪərɪs|
[f. peer n. + -ess.]
The wife of a peer. peeress in her own right, a woman having the rank of a peer by creation or descent.
1689Lond. Gaz. No. 2441/4 Tickets for the Peers and Peeresses Servants to attend at the Coronation. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. xii. 402 A peer, or peeress (either in her own right or by marriage) cannot be arrested in civil cases. 1878Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xx. 439 There are instances of countesses, baronesses, and abbesses being summoned..to furnish their military service, but not to attend parliament as peeresses. 1898Whitaker's Titled Persons 18 The rank of a Peeress in her own right is inherited by her eldest son,..or, in default of a son, by a daughter. |