peeress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

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"But there were more than a score of peers there beside, with their peeresses in tall feathers, diamonds, and monstrous hoops."
"[I]t is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress."

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *pūrijan Old English *pȳran Middle English peren English peer Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English peeress From peer + -ess.

peeresses (plural)

lady noblewoman

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What does peeress mean?

A noblewoman married to a peer.

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