peeress
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However, on her appointment as minister for Europe, she became a peeress in her own right.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
Which explains how the Mayfair peeress who asked me for cocktails one day has a villa packed with Vieux Paris silver-plate and Louis XVI armchairs covered in needlepoint scenes from La Fontaine’s “Fables.”
From New York Times ● May 20, 2011
Thatcher, who felt that Soames had ineptly handled a three-week civil servant strike, replaced him with Baroness Young, a life peeress and a personal friend, who becomes the first woman to hold the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
With due appreciation to the Queen, Nancy Astor said: "I hope they will create me a lifetime peeress!"
From Time Magazine Archive
"Madam, do you know that you are a peeress of the realm?" he added pompously.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
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