The wife or widow of a duke.
Used in a Sentence
duchess
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for duchess.
Editorial note
They selected the duchess on the right when they should’ve passed the duchess on the left hand side.
Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
The wife or widow of a duke.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of duchess gathered in one view.
The female ruler of a duchy.
A village in Alberta, Canada.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for duchess.
noun
The wife or widow of a duke.
noun
The female ruler of a duchy.
noun
A village in Alberta, Canada.
verb
(Australia, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
Example sentences
They selected the duchess on the right when they should’ve passed the duchess on the left hand side.
The image should have shown Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, not Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the Duchess of Portland.
My favorite secret hand gesture in a painting is in the portrait of the Duchess of Alba by Goya.
Apparently a female spouse of a Duke is a Duchess but if it's you and you're female then you're the Duke.
Why marry for love (or genetic traits) when you can marry to inherit the Duchess of Burgundy's land?
A visit from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge probably eclipses either.
Have a look at silk Duchess satin strapless it so hot.
[The deceased nurse] was the person who answered the call from the Australian DJs and was not the nurse who discussed the duchess's medical condition.
A few months back the UK charged five retired police officers with hate crimes because they had a private WhatsApp group in which the police found content racist[1] comments about the Duchess of Sussex (Meghan Markle).
Interesting that so called great photographs are often the result of simple emotional tricks - pulling his cigar from his mouth in Churchill's case and for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor being told a story about a dog that had died to get their famous melancholy expression.
However now that I assume the content isn't there I discover other things I've never heard of like The Duchess of Duke street, a wonderful period BBC serial from the 70's that I enjoyed almost as much as Downton Abbey.
Quote examples
It's a parody of a typical Jacobean revenge like Webster's "Duchess of Malfi." The parody is pitch-perfect.
This is my pet peeve about Duke and Duchess of Sussex naming their kids “Archie” and “Lilibet”.
The Duchess of Alaska is a "moderate" only insofar as her first and overriding loyalty is to the what the permanent Federal Civil Service in DC wants.
Does snacking on a vending machine Duchess Honey Bun or a sleeve of Oreos qualify as "eat food?" How about popping open a cup of instant ramen or microwaving some frozen taquitos?
Proper noun examples
Duchess Margaret Cavendish, author of The Blazing World and a dozen popular-science volumes in the 1600s.
She was the Duke of Lancaster, not the Duchess.
Folks should refer to their VPs as the Duke/Duchess of Engineering.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use duchess in a sentence?
They selected the duchess on the right when they should’ve passed the duchess on the left hand side.
What does duchess mean?
The wife or widow of a duke.
What part of speech is duchess?
duchess is commonly used as noun, verb.