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duchess Definition

duch·ess (duc̸h′is)

noun

  1. the wife or widow of a duke
  2. a woman who has the rank of a duke

Etymology: ME & OFr duchesse, fem. of duc, duke

duchess Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • say: I ' ' Oh, don't bother me, ' said the Duchess; ' I never could abide figures!
  • see: Before going to bed she asked me if I had been to see the duchess.
  • meet: She said: " It meant a lot to meet the duchess.

Adjective modifier

  • late: The rewards were " for the care shown to the late Duchess and for the Lancastrian children after their mother's death " .
  • grand: A shadow appears in the bedroom of a grand duchess ( Joyce Carey ), who is robbed of her $ 50,000 necklace.
  • noble: A certain ball which a noble Duchess gave at Brussels on the 15th of June in the above-named year is historical.
  • future: Now, in 1920, he began to see her as his future duchess.
  • young: The young duchess leaned against the casement and wept.
  • only: This is so sensitive that she is now only duchess of Cornwall and not princess of Wales.

Modifies a noun

satin: Late autumn and winter weddings demand warm, heavier fabrics such as brocade, velvet and duchess satin.

Noun used with modifier

  • dowager: Dowager duchesses no longer squabble in foyers and instead are prepared to pay for copies of the unending new titles on the news-stands.
  • sister: How doth our sister duchess bear herself In her imprisonment?

Possessives

lodging: And the sound came, if I receiv'd it right, From the duchess ' lodgings.

Preposition: of

host: Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Duchess of hosts.