peeress in English
noun
1
a woman holding the rank of a peer in her own right.
Thus equipped, she was crowned, with all the trumpets sounding; and, though our account does not mention it, no doubt all the peers and peeresses put on their coronets at that moment.
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1. Synonyms for Archduchess include noblewoman, lady, peeress, dame, gentlewoman, milady, aristocrat, duchess, baroness and patrician
2. To dedicate all his merits, under the name of love and loyalty, to his fictional peeress Dulcinea...
3. Coronet, in Great Britain, ceremonial headdress of a peer or peeress, still worn with robes at a coronation and adorned along its rim with ornaments varying with the rank of the wearer: 8 strawberry leaves for a duke; 4 leaves and 4 silver balls for a marquess; 8 balls on tall points with