Definition of Duchesses

1. Noun. (plural of duchess) ¹

2. Verb. (third person singular of duchess) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Duchesses

1. duchess [n] - See also: duchess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duchesses

ducal
ducally
ducana
ducat
ducatoon
ducatoons
ducats
ducdame
duce
duces
duces tecum
duchess
duchesse
duchesse d'angouleme
duchessed
duchesses
duchessing
duchesslike
duchessy
duchies
duchy
duci
duck
duck's-bill
duck's-foot
duck's-meat
duck's arse
duck's egg
duck-arsed
duck-billed

Literary usage of Duchesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Songs for the Chapel: A Series of Historical Sketches, Memoirs and Records by Ambrose White Vernon, Alvin Howard Sanders, Charles Henry Morse (1900)
"Sale of the Hillhurst Duchesses.—In the spring of 1882 Hon. ... Hillhurst decided upon a dispersion sale of his Duchesses and other Bates-bred stock. ..."

2. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Mrs. Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1903)
"... to his wife —Reception of the duchesses by the Doge at S. Clemente—Their triumphal entry—Procession and fetes in the Grand Canal—Letter of ..."

3. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1920)
"... to Venice—Letters of Lodovico to hii wife —Reception of the duchesses by the Doge at S. Clemente—Their triumphal entry—Procession and fetes in the Grand ..."

4. Post-prandial Philosophy by Grant Allen (1894)
"When you saw the heading, " American Duchesses," you thought I was going to purvey some piquant scandal ... Yet when I said duchesses, I actually meant it. ..."

5. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"A good deal of business of a private character was also transacted. The Duchesses of Bedford and Gloucester were Duchesses ..."

6. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"The Duchesses of Bedford and Gloucester were Duchesses naturalised 7. The acts of the executors of the late King were approved ; and it was arranged that ..."

7. Souvenirs of Madame Vigée Le Brun: With a Portrait Engraved from an Original by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Morris Franklin Tyler (1879)
"I paint the two young Grand-Duchesses, daughters of Paul—Platon ... brought me an order from her to paint the two Grand-Duchesses Alexandrine and Helene. ..."

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