peeressn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪərᵻs/,

/pɪəˈrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peer n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < peer n. + -ess suffix¹.

The wife or widow of a peer. In later use also (more fully peeress in her own right): a woman holding the rank of a peer by creation or descent.Peeresses in their own right have been entitled to sit in Parliament only since the Peerage Act of 1963; peeresses by marriage are not so entitled.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > peer or lord of parliament > wife of peer

peeress1688

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lady > peeress by creation or descent

peeress in her own right1765

1688 (title) The Earl Marshal's order touching the habits of the peeresses at the coronation of Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2441/4 Tickets for the Peers and Peeresses Servants to attend at the Coronation.

1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight 7 A Peer, or Peeress..Who..forswears a Debt.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xii. 402 A peer, or peeress (either in her own right or by marriage) cannot be arrested in civil cases.

1791 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) V. 197 Peeresses, commoneresses, and the numerous indefinites crowded every part.

1840 R. H. Barham Mr. Barney Maguire's Acct. in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 290 With the swate Peeresses..And Aldermanesses, and the Boord of Works.

1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) 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.

1898 Whitaker'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.

1955 Times 9 May 12/2 The invitations will be restricted to peeresses whose husbands are members of the House of Lords at present.

1983 K. Payne Between Ourselves 10 In 1961 she was made a life peeress and entered the House of Lords.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peeress
释义	peeressn. Brit. /ˈpɪərᵻs/, /pɪəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈpɪrəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peer n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < peer n. + -ess suffix¹. The wife or widow of a peer. In later use also (more fully peeress in her own right): a woman holding the rank of a peer by creation or descent.Peeresses in their own right have been entitled to sit in Parliament only since the Peerage Act of 1963; peeresses by marriage are not so entitled. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > peer or lord of parliament > wife of peer peeress1688 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lady > peeress by creation or descent peeress in her own right1765 1688 (title) The Earl Marshal's order touching the habits of the peeresses at the coronation of Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2441/4 Tickets for the Peers and Peeresses Servants to attend at the Coronation. 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight 7 A Peer, or Peeress..Who..forswears a Debt. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xii. 402 A peer, or peeress (either in her own right or by marriage) cannot be arrested in civil cases. 1791 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) V. 197 Peeresses, commoneresses, and the numerous indefinites crowded every part. 1840 R. H. Barham Mr. Barney Maguire's Acct. in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 290 With the swate Peeresses..And Aldermanesses, and the Boord of Works. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) 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. 1898 Whitaker'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. 1955 Times 9 May 12/2 The invitations will be restricted to peeresses whose husbands are members of the House of Lords at present. 1983 K. Payne Between Ourselves 10 In 1961 she was made a life peeress and entered the House of Lords. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1688
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