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peeress

/peer-is/US // ˈpɪər ɪs //UK // (ˈpɪərɪs) //

女同胞,女同胞们,女农民,女教师

Related Words

aristocrat贵族,贵族阶层,贵族们,贵族化lady女士,夫人,小姐,淑女gentlewoman女郎,妇人,女士,绅士empress女皇,皇后,帝后,女皇帝queen女王,王后,皇后,女皇baroness男爵夫人,女男爵,女爵,男爵女士marquise侯爵夫人,侯爵,侯赛因,马奎斯archduchess大公夫人,大主教夫人,女公爵,大公国夫人countess女伯爵,伯爵夫人,女爵,女爵士duchess公爵夫人,女公爵,公主殿下,女爵princess公主,公主殿下contessa竞争者,竞争者的,竞争性的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the wife or widow of a peer.
    • : a woman having in her own right the rank of a peer.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbaroness
Synonyms
aristocrat贵族,贵族阶层,贵族们,贵族化gentlewoman女郎,妇人,女士,绅士lady女士,夫人,小姐,淑女
as innoblewoman
Synonyms
archduchess大公夫人,大主教夫人,女公爵,大公国夫人baroness男爵夫人,女男爵,女爵,男爵女士countess女伯爵,伯爵夫人,女爵,女爵士duchess公爵夫人,女公爵,公主殿下,女爵empress女皇,皇后,帝后,女皇帝gentlewoman女郎,妇人,女士,绅士lady女士,夫人,小姐,淑女marquise侯爵夫人,侯爵,侯赛因,马奎斯princess公主,公主殿下queen女王,王后,皇后,女皇contessa竞争者,竞争者的,竞争性的

Examples

  • Nevertheless she triumphed; he had made her a peeress, and she did care for that; she cared also for the broad lands of Hartledon.

  • Why should not a peeress feel herself as properly placed among her peers as the Queen seated at her Council?

  • He afterwards was made secretary of state, married a peeress, and spent his last days at Holland House.

  • But Lady Shrewsbury was a peeress and the widow of a Talbot, and criminal rank in those days was banished not executed.

  • My father set my sister up in business as a British peeress and bought her her husband and settled a whacking dower on her.

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