baronage, peerage - the peers of a kingdom considered as a group

Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, GB - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland

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

female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat

Lady-in-waiting - a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess

marquise, marchioness - a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess

Milady - an English noblewoman

Duchess of Ferrara, Lucrezia Borgia, 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, Lady Emma Hamilton, Hamilton - English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)