peeress

Example Sentences

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However, on her appointment as minister for Europe, she became a peeress in her own right.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2023

Which explains how the Mayfair peeress who asked me for cocktails one day has a villa packed with Vieux Paris silver-plate and Louis XVI armchairs covered in needlepoint scenes from La Fontaine’s “Fables.”

From New York Times • May 20, 2011

The son's wife, Hsiao Li, who served with Red-sympathizing Michael in Mao Tse-tung's guerrilla forces in 1941-45, is the first Chinese woman ever to become a British peeress.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every house on the street is the property of a peer or peeress.

From Time Magazine Archive

"A peeress of nineteen would be a great success at a drawing-room," said he, with a tone of pompous deliberation.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James