Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Duchess"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Duchess \Duch"ess\, n. [F. duchesse, fr. duc duke.]
The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the
sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
duchess
n : the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own
right
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