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Duchess

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Noun

1. duchess

the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Duchess

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noun
1. 
the wife or widow of a duke
2. 
a woman who holds the rank of duke in her own right
verb (transitive)
3. Australian informal
to overwhelm with flattering attention

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Duchess

see synonyms of duchess
noun
1. 
the wife or widow of a duke
2. 
a woman with the rank of a duke

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Duchess

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n.
1. The wife or widow of a duke.
2. A woman holding title to a duchy in her own right.
3. Used as the title for such a noblewoman.

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