peeress
English Thesaurus
1. a woman of the peerage in Britain (noun.person)
hyponym | : | baroness, |
definition | : | a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | countess, |
definition | : | female equivalent of a count or earl (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | duchess, |
definition | : | the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | lady-in-waiting, |
definition | : | a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | marchioness, marquise, |
definition | : | a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | milady, |
definition | : | an English noblewoman (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | godiva, lady godiva, |
definition | : | according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080) (noun.person) |
member meronym | : | baronage, peerage, |
definition | : | the peers of a kingdom considered as a group (noun.group) |
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