peeress

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
peeress
    n 1: a woman of the peerage in Britain [syn: {Lady},
         {noblewoman}, {peeress}] [ant: {Lord}, {noble}, {nobleman}]
from The 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
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PEERESS. A noblewoman, the wife of a peer.
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