What's the difference between noblewoman and peeress?

Noblewoman


Definition:

  • (n.) A female of noble rank; a peeress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Jen is somewhere in between; a petulant, no-nonsense noblewoman.
  • (2) No one said a word.” The multitude of those who recall that they somehow foresaw these events has grown like the relics of the true cross A Prussian noblewoman in her bones, but also bohemian, warmhearted and unconventional, Ursula’s own wartime friends had included some of the German resistance leaders who ended up trying to assassinate Hitler.
  • (3) What is striking, though, is how flat and dull his portrait of a Genoese noblewoman looks alongside his master’s masterpiece.

Peeress


Definition:

  • (n.) The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by right of marriage.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She was made a life peeress in 2010 and became leader of the opposition in the House of Lords in May 2015.

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