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US
/ˈdətʃəs/
]
[ UK /dˈʌtʃɛs/ ]
[ UK /dˈʌtʃɛs/ ]
NOUN
- 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