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Image:Anna Amalie.jpg|thumb|right|The Duchess Anna Amalia von Weimar (1795).

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈdʌ.tʃəs/


Noun

  1. The female ruler of a duchy.
  2. The female spouse or widow of a duke.


Translations

fa:duchess io:duchess it:duchess la:duchess hu:duchess ru:duchess te:duchess vi:duchess zh:duchess

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Duchess \Duch"ess\, n. [F. duchesse, fr. duc duke.]
The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the
sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet duchess
n : the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own
right
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