duchess
noun/ˈdʌtʃəs/
/ˈdʌtʃəs/
- the wife of a duke
- the Duchess of York
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Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin ducissa, from Latin dux, duc- ‘leader’; related to ducere ‘to lead’.
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