life peeressn.
/ˌlʌɪf ˈpɪərᵻs/, /ˈlʌɪf ˌpɪəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈlaɪf ˈpɪ(ə)rᵻs/ In the United Kingdom: a woman on whom a life peerage has been conferred.
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life peeress1876
1876 Times 22 Nov. 4/6 Among the most recent..instances mentioned in debate were those of Madame de Schulemberg, whom George I. made Duchess of Kendal for life, and the Countess of Yarmouth, created a Life Peeress by George II.
1907 Times 13 June 6/1 Nor did he think a committee of their Lordships were likely to recommend the admission of life peeresses to the House.
1960 E. Whittaker Schools & Streams Econ. Thought xvi. 388 Mrs. Wooton taught economics and social studies at the University of London and, when the British House of Lords started to admit women, she was made a life peeress, as Baroness Wooton.
2001 Independent on Sunday 6 May i. 23/1 Life peeresses like to be called baronesses to show that they are independent beings, and have got where they are without having married a lord.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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