Duchess

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  • noun. The wife or widow of a duke.
  • noun. A woman holding title to a duchy in her own right.
  • noun. Used as the title for such a noblewoman.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The consort or widow of a duke, or a woman who holds the sovereignty or titles of a duchy.
  • noun. A variety of roofing-slate two feet long and one foot wide.
  • noun. A part of ladies' head-dress in the seventeenth century, apparently a knot of ribbon.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The female spouse or widow of a duke.
  • noun. The female ruler of a duchy (where women can reign).
  • verb. to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
    • Word Usage
    "Someone once said that the prospect of having sex with a duchess is more alluring than the prospect of having sex with a chamber maid."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lady  noblewoman  peeress  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    grand duchess  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    actress  aunt  baron  baroness  baronet  
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