Duchessness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Duchessness is a noun meaning The quality of being a duchess.
Meaning
The quality of being a duchess.
Example Sentences
Does she get to keep the Duchessness, what with being divorced? Hmmmm, it appears that she does.
Take tippy-top care of your Duchessness. / Hugs, / Bess / […] / > With Love & Hugs, / > Rosie S. / > Demented Duchess
It would make little difference to most of us now whether the Duchess of Portland or her stand-in had posed—except that both might be lacking in any abstract quality of ‘Duchessnesss’.
If she had a brother she wouldn't be a duchess, she'd just be a . / […] pTerry has asserted her accepted duchessness (e.g. her dealings with the Gaiters in Hogfather, for one) so I think that's definite in any case.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include duchesshood, dukeship, duckness, princessness, royalness, duckiness.
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