"peeress" meaning in English

See peeress in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-peeress.wav [US] Forms: peeresses [plural]
Etymology: peer + -ess Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|peer|ess}} peer + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} peeress (plural peeresses)
  1. A noblewoman married to a peer.
    Sense id: en-peeress-en-noun-DrQZJIv3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ess Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess: 84 16
  2. A woman holding a noble title in her own right.
    Sense id: en-peeress-en-noun-jgDpeUGz

Inflected forms

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