| 单词 | peeress |
| 释义 | peeress (once / 15430 pages) n WORD FAMILY peeress: peeresses USAGE EXAMPLESThe Peeresses leave their damask chairs, and approach the bar, to get a better view of the orator. Stanton, Henry B., Sketches of Reforms and Reformers,...(2012) Peeresses frequently address their husbands, and speak of them, by the name attached to their title, in place of using their christian or family name. Anonymous, Manners and Rules of Good Society—o...(2012) The Ladies of the Bedchamber, all of them peeresses, are in number eight. Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet), Social Transformations of the Victo...(2012) n a woman of the peerage in Britain Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper Lady, noblewoman Lord, noble, nobleman a titled peer of the realm Duchess of Ferrara Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519) Lady Godivaaccording 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 HamiltonEnglish beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815) Marquise de MaintenonFrench consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) Francoise-Athenais de RochechouartFrench noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707) Jeanne Antoinette PoissonFrench noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) baroness a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron countessfemale equivalent of a count or earl duchessthe wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right lady-in-waitinga lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess marchioness, marquisea noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess Miladyan English noblewoman grand duchessthe wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right female aristocrat a woman who is an aristocrat |
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