| 词汇 | hereditary-peer |
| 释义 | hereditary peer noun[ C ] uk /həˌred.ɪ.tər.i ˈpɪər/ us /həˌred.ɪ.tər.i ˈpɪr/ someone who became a peer (= a high social rank) when a parent died, and who can pass it on to their oldest child世袭贵族 Royalty, aristocracy & titles accede to something accession anointed anti-monarchical anti-monarchist duke dukedom earl earldom emir mister monarch monarchist morganatic Mr royally Rt. Hon. Shah sheikh sire Examples of hereditary peerhereditary peer Then one hears that that was not an appointee, but a young hereditarypeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He would not, as a consequence of his father's death, be able to step into his shoes as an elected hereditarypeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A hereditarypeer would not get in on the basis of a degree of legitimacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have recently seen a small number of hereditary peers selecting another hereditarypeer to represent them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A hereditarypeer can dispense with his title or put it into cold storage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My second example is very different, although it involves another hereditarypeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The old idea is that to be a hereditarypeer one has to have broad acres to sustain the position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The essential qualification for candidates is to be have been born a hereditarypeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has, after all, a bus conductor as a hereditarypeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only person who cannot is the son of a hereditarypeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would continue to have a majority in the other place even if we abolished the voting right of every hereditarypeer tomorrow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I entirely accept that any hereditarypeer can stand and vote in local government elections. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, every hereditarypeer is descended from a peer who was appointed, so there is not much difference. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, although a hereditarypeer he is not an upper class twit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a fact of political and social life that one very rarely meets an unpleasant hereditarypeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of hereditary peer These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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