British peerage
Lords and ladies
The British peerage is the system of hereditary and lifetime titles of nobility in the United Kingdom—duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron, in descending order of rank.
Peers historically held seats in the House of Lords, though reforms have limited hereditary peers' automatic membership.
She married into the British peerage.
The peerage also refers collectively to those who hold such titles.
- marquessNobleman below duke
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- crestHighest point or tuft
- earlBritish hereditary noble rank
- mottoGuiding behavioral phrase
baron · patronage · supporters · hereditary succession · blazon · coronet · tincture · escutcheon · aristocracy · upper class · Downton Abbey · landed gentry · viscount · estates · coat of arms · family crest · stately homes · country estate
British peeragecommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
the common people · peasantry · the masses · plebeians · ordinary citizens
British peeragerepublicanism
Government by elected officials
egalitarianism · democracy · classless society · socialist ideals · meritocracy
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