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How to pronounce duchess

IPA transcription: ['dʌtʃəs]

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Noun

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

Usage examples

  • Both the Duke and Duchess have an eye for beauty and other partners.
  • He was the elder brother of Hawise, who succeeded him as "suo jure" duchess.
  • Lopes is the daughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Andrew Parker Bowles.
  • The official opening was performed by the Duchess of Kent, Princess Marina.
  • ‘Tut, tut, child!’ said the Duchess.
  • The Duchess of Marlborough supported him, and he was reinstated in his office.
  • So it was her! The Duchess! That woman!
  • By her marriage with Henri of Savoy, she became Duchess of Nemours.
  • He was a paternal great-great-grandfather to Sarah, Duchess of York.
  • ‘Very true,’ said the Duchess: ‘flamingoes and mustard both bite’.