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duchess

[ US /ˈdətʃəs/ ]
[ UK /dˈʌt‍ʃɛs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

How To Use duchess In A Sentence

  • The dinner has highlighted the difficulty for the duke and duchess of how careful they should be about where their charitable donations come from. Times, Sunday Times
  • The duke and duchess were caught up in a minor earthquake in Assam last night. Times, Sunday Times
  • We're all expected to be there, and all the nobles will be there - lords, ladies, counts, viscounts, dukes, duchesses, barons, baronesses, and marquises; all of them.
  • The Duke and Duchess were so wealthy that they seemed to have money coming out of their ears.
  • The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness respectively.
  • Suzy Menkes noted in an article that the jewels the Duchess of Windsor gave Princess Michael included: ‘a gold sunburst suite set with pearls and a pair of emerald panther earrings.’
  • An aide said: 'The duchess is cheerful. Times, Sunday Times
  • She rose in rank from fair maiden to fair lady and then to duchess.
  • Netto's mother, the Duchess Atalanta, was screaming curses at her beloved son. THE FAMILY
  • After a long time, having obtained with difficulty the consent of the timid Du Mont, I made Madame de Saint-Simon speak to the Duchesse de Bourgogne, who undertook to arrange the affair as well as it could be arranged. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
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