Crossword clues for peeress
peeress
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peeress \Peer"ess\, n. The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by right of marriage.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A noblewoman married to a peer 2 A woman holding a noble title in her own right.
WordNet
n. a woman of the peerage in Britain [syn: Lady, noblewoman] [ant: Lord, Lord]
Wikipedia
Peeress (foaled 1 February 2001) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from November 2003 until May 2007 raced eighteen times and won seven races, showing her best form over a distance of one mile. After finishing third in her only race as a two-year-old and won three times in the following year but appeared to be below top class. As a four-year-old she showed considerable improvement, winning the Windsor Forest Stakes in June and the Group One Sun Chariot Stakes in October. As a five-year-old she won a second race at the highest level, defeating male opposition in the Lockinge Stakes. In addition to her victories, she was placed in the Falmouth Stakes, Prix Jacques le Marois and Matron Stakes. Peeress was retired to stud in 2007 and has made a successful start as a broodmare.
Usage examples of "peeress".
Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Ministers, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, all the more fashionable of the other Peers, Peeresses, and Members of Parliament, Generals, Admirals, and Mayors, with their wives.
DUKES OF YORK, CLARENCE, KENT, and CAMBRIDGE-- Ambassadors, peers, and peeresses, and other persons of quality, English and foreign.
Dr Robarts was a man who thought much of the breath of peers and peeresses, and was by no means inclined to throw away any advantage which might arise to his child from such a friendship.
Buggins was the messenger for whose vacant place all the peeresses were striving with so much animation.
She never derogated from her husband's honour by the fictitious liveliness of gossip, or allowed any one to forget the peeress in the woman.
We bright young chaps of the brandnew braintrust are briefed here and with maternal sanction compellably empanelled at quarter sessions under the six disqualifications for the uniformication of young persons (Nodding Neutrals) removal act by Committalman Number Underfifteen to know had the peeress of generals, who have been getting nose money cheap and stirring up the public opinion about private balls with their legs, Misses Mirtha and Merry, the two dreeper's assistents, had they their service books in order and duly signed J.
They parted with mutual expressions of esteem, the Viscount bestowing his card on Mr Tooting, and Mr Tooting going off with his head in a whirl at the thought that he had rescued a real live peeress from annoyance, and chatted on the friendliest of terms with her young blood of a husband.