Duchesshood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Duchesshood is a noun meaning The quality of being a duchess.
Meaning
The quality of being a duchess.
Example Sentences
[…]Wally had attained duchesshood at 11:47 a.m.
Good samaritan that he was! He had secured scorn and rejection for her instead of exalted duchesshood!
At this time the Earl of Bristol had died, and her husband had succeeded to the title so that, as Horace Walpole put it, her Countesshood saved her Duchesshood from being burnt in the hands.
Our Lady’s, rustic-latticed!—made her wife. / War snatched the secret suitor: whispers base / Beat down the lilied maid. Back from the strife / Came Duke: her Duchesshood cut sneering with a knife.
Synonyms for duchesshood
Depending on context, synonyms include duchessness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include duchessness, dukeship, duckness, princessness, royalness, princesshood.
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