peeress
peeress — 名詞
- peeresssingular
- peeressesplural
1. a female member of the British nobility who has a title of her own, such as duch
女貴族
本身擁有爵位的英國貴族女性
a female member of the British nobility who has a title of her own, such as duchess, countess, or baroness.
As a baroness, Eleni took her seat among the peeresses in the House of Lords.
身為男爵夫人，Eleni 與其他女貴族一同在上議院就座。
peeress as a titled member of the British nobility
The young peeress inherited the title of countess from her late father.
這位年輕的女貴族從已故的父親那裡繼承了女伯爵的頭銜。
inherit a title and become a peeress
Several peeresses wore long velvet robes to the king's coronation in London.
幾位女貴族身穿長長的天鵝絨禮袍，出席倫敦國王的加冕典禮。
Ayesha studied which peeresses had the right to vote in Parliament before 1958.
Ayesha 研究了在 1958 年以前，哪些女貴族有權在國會投票。
The duchess was the most senior peeress invited to the royal wedding that spring.
這位女公爵是當年春天受邀參加皇室婚禮中地位最高的女貴族。
- noblewoman
broader; any woman of noble rank, not limited to the British peerage
- baroness
a specific rank of peeress, the lowest in the order
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.