Definitions for Duchess

Duchess duch·ess

Spelling: [duhch-is]
IPA: /ˈdʌtʃ ɪs/

Duchess is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in Duchess (cdehssu).

Definitions for Duchess

noun

  1. the wife or widow of a duke.
  2. a woman who holds in her own right the sovereignty or titles of a duchy.

Origin of Duchess

1300-50; Middle English duchesse Anglo-French, Old French, feminine derivative of duc duke; see -ess

Examples for Duchess

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Diez said he married the duchess for love, not money.

Then of course you would have no objection to my visiting a duchess in the small-pox?

A flamboyant, multi-titled, multiply married royal to remember, the duchess of Alba died Thursday at the age of 88.

Pray, are you at all acquainted, Mrs. Wynne, with the duchess of A——?

It is very fine to be a Freeland woman--but, believe me, it is much finer to be a duchess.

The Barclays Center where the Duke and duchess will be seated would have stood in thick of where the pivotal action transpired.

I could introduce you to a duchess, but then the fee is high.

He called her The duchess, and if The duchess didn't like something, then it was of no value.

His aunt, the duchess of Savoy, is a merry dame, and a wise!

As a wedding gift, the duchess installed a cinema screen in her Duenas Palace for her younger husband.

Word Value for Duchess
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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