duchess

2 definitions found

duchess - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

duchess - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  duchess
      n 1: the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her
           own right