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Definition of Duchess
1. Noun. The wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right.
Definition of Duchess
1. n. The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.
Definition of Duchess
1. Noun. The female spouse or widow of a duke. ¹
2. Noun. The female ruler of a duchy (where women can reign). ¹
3. Verb. (UK informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duchess
1. the wife or widow of a duke [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duchess
Literary usage of Duchess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"duchess. He vill himself make you understand. (Motions her to go. ... Oh.
Miss Sheldon and— duchess. Yah. His Majesty is agreed to a morganatic marriage. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Enter duchess and Cariola. duchess — What hideous noise was that? ... duchess—Indeed,
I thank him: nothing but noise and .folly Can keep me in my right wits ..."
3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"THE duchess APPLE IMPROVED Sport with Brilliant Red Color Appears to be Due to
... A STRIKING variation from the 7\ usual type of the duchess apple 1 \. has ..."
4. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"duchess [taking up the Mandarin's robe]. Here is a pretty thing for you. ...
[The duchess is standing before the cheval-glass, which conceals her from the ..."
5. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1898)
"HRH duchess of York. HIM the Empress Frederick of Germany ... HRH Princess
Beatrice (Princess Henry of Gotha (Grand duchess of Russia). ..."
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