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Peerless vs Peeress - What's the difference?

peerless | peeress |

As an adjective peerless

is without peer or equal; unparalleled, nonpareil of the highest quality, best.

As a noun peeress is

a noblewoman married to a peer.

peerless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Without peer or equal; unparalleled, nonpareil. Of the highest quality, best.

    • Derived terms

    * peerlessly * peerlessness

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    peeress

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A noblewoman married to a peer
  • A woman holding a noble title in her own right.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1892 , year_published=2011 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , title=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , chapter=The Noble Bachelor citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage= … it is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress . }}