peeress

IPA/ˈpɪəres/
IPA/ˈpɪrəs/

peeress — noun

  • peeresssingular
  • peeressesplural

1. a female member of the British nobility who has a title of her own, such as duch

1.名詞C2
釋義

a female member of the British nobility who has a title of her own, such as duchess, countess, or baroness.

例句

As a baroness, Eleni took her seat among the peeresses in the House of Lords.

peeress as a titled member of the British nobility

The young peeress inherited the title of countess from her late father.

inherit a title and become a peeress

同義詞
  • noblewoman

    broader; any woman of noble rank, not limited to the British peerage

  • baroness

    a specific rank of peeress, the lowest in the order

反義詞
  • peer

    the male equivalent, a man holding a noble title

  • commoner

    a person without any noble rank or title

用法筆記

Refers specifically to a woman who holds the rank in her own right, not a man's wife by courtesy; British and largely historical, tied to the House of Lords.

常見錯誤

❌She married a lord, so she is a peeress in her own right.
✅She inherited the title herself, so she is a peeress in her own right.
💡a peeress in her own right holds the rank herself, not through marriage.