peeress

3 definitions found

peeress - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Peeress \Peer"ess\, n.
     The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by
     right of marriage.
     [1913 Webster] Peerie

peeress - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  peeress
      n 1: a woman of the peerage in Britain [syn: Lady,
           noblewoman, peeress] [ant: Lord, noble, nobleman]

peeress - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  PEERESS. A noblewoman, the wife of a peer.