DUCHESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does duchess mean? • DUCHESS (noun)
The noun DUCHESS has 1 sense:
1. the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
Familiarity information: DUCHESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DUCHESS (noun)
Meaning:
The wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("duchess" is a kind of...):
Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duchess"):
grand duchess (the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right)
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