baronage

English Thesaurus

1. the peers of a kingdom considered as a group (noun.group)

hypernym	:	aristocracy, nobility,
definition	:	a privileged class holding hereditary titles (noun.group)

member holonym	:	lady, noblewoman, peeress,
definition	:	a woman of the peerage in Britain (noun.person)

member holonym	:	peer,
definition	:	a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage (noun.person)