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

If Lady Stanwick had been a peeress in her own right, which is possible, she could not have had a brother.

From Time Magazine Archive

With due appreciation to the Queen, Nancy Astor said: "I hope they will create me a lifetime peeress!"

From Time Magazine Archive

He was married to Countess Vera Nikolaevna Apraxin, who was a maid-of-honour, a peeress in her own right, and a remarkable beauty.

From Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy by Tolstoy, Sophie Andreevna