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
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As the ladies start filing into Sai’s dodgeball event in a various states of athletic dress, Brynn decides to spill the beans and tells Sai … and Jenna … and Racquel … and Ubah.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The funny thing is that the designs Mr. Reed has in mind for these ladies are as derivative and unoriginal as his monologues, and that’s kind of the point.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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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
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Then one day, a countess checks in wearing a green parrot and promises to tell Marta seven stories.Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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Available to stream on AMC+ AMC+ A Bay of Blood (1971) Also known by its alternate title Twitch of the Death Nerve, the film centers on the murder of a wealthy countess by her own husband, which sets off a string of murders in the surrounding area.Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Election The duchess chose not to formally endorse a candidate in 2020 during a period in which the Sussexes were still hoping to achieve a half-in, half-out model for their future relationship with the royal family.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The duchess shares Beatrice, 36, and Princess Eugenie, 34, with her ex-husband Prince Andrew of York.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Maybe Kate can get Parton to hop back across the pond to play a few songs and, as a real Southern gentlewoman, teach those rather provincial Brits how to properly serve tea.Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
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In the north, Solomon knew, young oblates, the cherished daughters of gentlewomen, were given to the Lord out of the ranks of the nobility.Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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Smith was made a dame in 1990 by Queen Elizabeth II.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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A week before, legendary makeup dame Pat McGrath presented fashion’s most viral beauty look in history: Maison Margiela Couture’s porcelain dolls.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Peeress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeress. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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