as in lady
a woman of high birth or social position
a wedding invitation eagerly sought by every peer and peeress in the realm
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Recent Examples of peeress
All About the Crowns That Will Be Used at King Charles and Queen Camilla's Coronation Indeed, seven decades ago, there were tiaras and coronets aplenty, including Queen Elizabeth's maids of honor and hundreds of the peeresses too.
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Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
Indeed, seven decades ago, there were tiaras and coronets aplenty, including Queen Elizabeth's maids of honour and hundreds of the peeresses too.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
Indeed, seven decades ago, there were tiaras and coronets aplenty, including Queen Elizabeth's maids of honour and hundreds of the peeresses too.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeress
Noun
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Actually, one of the other great inspirations for me was Mary Poppins — not the film, but the person, the lady.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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King Charles has used the gesture of affection to address the first lady of France in the past as well.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
Noun
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Louise Brooks wooed a father and son as well as a countess in a tuxedo.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025
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The 60-year-old countess has broken her silence after she was seen sporting a massive diamond on her left ring finger while riding a scooter Monday in Sag Harbor, hours after she was snapped getting cozy with an unidentified man, Us Weekly reports.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Then, in one outdoor scene, Lilibet can be seen standing beside the duchess on a footbridge as the mother-daughter duo appears to marvel at something below.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Some of the accusations stung, but dealing with that — along with tasting the occasional fresh strawberry from a duchess’s garden — is sometimes part of the job.—
Julia Moskin,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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But Mary declined, preferring an informal gentlewoman’s agreement instead.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Many visitors to Paris check into the grand dames clustered around the Golden Triangle, an iconic luxury nabe known for haute couture shopping and five-star hotels.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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The District 1 grand dame’s architecture by Chan Soo Khian of SCDA Architects exudes measured elegance, while interiors by Diana Simpson ground the experience in tactile luxury: custom silk, marble, and Hanoia lacquerware crafted by Vietnam’s most skilled ateliers.—
Paul Jebara,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Peeress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeress. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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