Duchess

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The wife or widow of a duke.
  • n. A woman holding title to a duchy in her own right.
  • n. Used as the title for such a noblewoman.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The female spouse or widow of a duke.
  • n. The female ruler of a duchy (where women can reign).
  • v. to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The consort or widow of a duke, or a woman who holds the sovereignty or titles of a duchy.
  • n. A variety of roofing-slate two feet long and one foot wide.
  • n. A part of ladies' head-dress in the seventeenth century, apparently a knot of ribbon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    noblewoman    peeress    lady   
    Hyponym
    grand duchess   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    countess    marquis    princess    empress    duke   
     
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