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    duchess

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    duch·ess /ˈdʌtʃɪs/ noun [countable]  PGOa woman with the highest social rank outside the royal family, or the wife of a duke 女公爵；公爵夫人 the Duchess of York 约克公爵夫人
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    duchess• I say you will live one day like a duchess, because this is what you deserve.• King Charles, not to be outdone, then made the abandoned wife a duchess, the title to die with her.• Remember, I can make you a duchess one day.• Anne Mowbray was bride, duchess, virgin, the richest heiress in the land.• Or, as the Palace will no doubt be recommending to the duchess in due course ... take a running jump.• Her heart was touched by what the duchess had offered her and by what had been asked of herself in return.• The duchess was charming, gracious, intelligent.    Origin duchess (1300-1400) Old French duchesse, from duc; → DUKE
    duch·ess nounChineseSyllable
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    duchess
    duch‧ess /ˈdʌtʃəs, ˈdʌtʃɪs/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: duchesse, from duc; ⇨ duke
    a woman with the highest social rank outside the royal family, or the wife of a duke:
        the Duchess of York


    duch·essBrE /ˈdʌtʃəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʌtʃəs/ 🔊 nounthe wife of a duke 公爵夫人◆the Duchess of York约克公爵夫人a woman who has the rank of a duke 女公爵