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

Before the marriage takes place Mrs. Simpson will be made a peeress in her own right.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

"Scratch the pedigree, and she 'll be a stunning peeress; and if the suit goes against us, show me the girl like her to meet the world!"

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James