duchess
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,703 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,166 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
duchess in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The Duchess determined to risk the attempt.
Tales of a Traveller · Washington Irving · Chapter 1
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The duchess sighed and exercised her privilege of interruption.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 3
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She had done some secretarial work for a charity of which the duchess was patroness.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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She hath taught him in a dream To make away his duchess and her husband.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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Well, all these three--sculpture, painting, and music--give me pleasure, but I should not want my cow duchess to understand any of them.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1