Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Duchy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Duchy \Duch"y\ (d[u^]ch"[y^]), n.; pl. {Duchies}. [F. duch['e],
OF. duch['e]e, (assumed) LL. ducitas, fr. L. dux. See
{Duke}.]
The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
duchy
n : the domain controlled by a duke or duchess [syn: {dukedom}]
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