noblewoman

Noun
  1. A woman of the peerage in Britain (synset 110262488)
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    is a type of: female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat
    subtypes:
    • baroness - a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
    • countess - female equivalent of a count or earl
    • duchess - the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
    • lady-in-waiting - a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
    • marchioness, marquise - a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
    • milady - an English noblewoman
    specific instances:
    • borgia, duchess of ferrara, lucrezia borgia - Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)
    • godiva, lady godiva - according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)
    • amy lyon, hamilton, lady emma hamilton - English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)
    belongs to: baronage, peerage - the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
    same as: lady, peeress

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