2. Verb. (third person singular of duchess) ¹
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Definition of Duchesses
1. duchess [n] - See also: duchess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duchesses
Literary usage of Duchesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs for the Chapel: A Series of Historical Sketches, Memoirs and Records by Ambrose White Vernon, Alvin Howard Sanders, Charles Henry Morse (1900)
"Sale of the Hillhurst duchesses.—In the spring of 1882 Hon. ... Hillhurst decided
upon a dispersion sale of his duchesses and other Bates-bred stock. ..."
2. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Mrs. Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1903)
"... to his wife —Reception of the duchesses by the Doge at S. Clemente—Their
triumphal entry—Procession and fetes in the Grand Canal—Letter of ..."
3. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1920)
"... to Venice—Letters of Lodovico to hii wife —Reception of the duchesses by the
Doge at S. Clemente—Their triumphal entry—Procession and fetes in the Grand ..."
4. Post-prandial Philosophy by Grant Allen (1894)
"When you saw the heading, " American duchesses," you thought I was going to purvey
some piquant scandal ... Yet when I said duchesses, I actually meant it. ..."
5. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"A good deal of business of a private character was also transacted. The duchesses
of Bedford and Gloucester were duchesses ..."
6. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"The duchesses of Bedford and Gloucester were duchesses naturalised 7. The acts
of the executors of the late King were approved ; and it was arranged that ..."
7. Souvenirs of Madame Vigée Le Brun: With a Portrait Engraved from an Original by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Morris Franklin Tyler (1879)
"I paint the two young Grand-duchesses, daughters of Paul—Platon ... brought me
an order from her to paint the two Grand-duchesses Alexandrine and Helene. ..."
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