Baroness vs. Peeress — What's the Difference?

The wife or widow of a baron.

A noblewoman.

A woman holding the title to a barony.

A woman who holds a peerage by descent or appointment.

Used as the title for such a noblewoman.

A woman who holds a title by association, as the wife or widow of a peer.

The wife of a baron.

A noblewoman married to a peer.

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

A woman holding a noble title in her own right.

A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

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

A noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron

A woman of the peerage in Britain