Complete Definition of "duchess"

Image:Anna Amalie.jpg|thumb|right|The Duchess Anna Amalia von Weimar (1795).
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�d�.t��s/
SAMPA|/"dV.tS@s/

Noun
en-noun|es

  1. The female ruler of a duchy.
  2. The female spouse or widow of a duke.

Translations

Breton: dugez f
Dutch: hertogin f
Finnish: herttuatar
French: duchesse f
German: Herzogin f
Hungarian: hercegn�
Icelandic: hertogaynja f
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Latin: dux f
Lithuanian: hercogien� f (wife of duke); hercog� f (sovereign female ruler of duchy)
Russian: ге��огин� f
Slovene: vojvodinja f
Spanish: duquesa f
Swedish: hertiginna c

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