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archduchesses

archduchesses is the plural of archduchess.

Meaning of archduchess

Noun

archduchess (plural archduchesses)

  1. A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
    • If that weren’t enough, in 1993 she married Karl von Habsburg, otherwise known as Archduke Karl of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and the couple set up home in Salzburg, producing two archduchesses and an archduke.2007 February 25, William Shaw, “We Are Not a Muse”, in New York Times

Questions about archduchesses

What is archduchesses the plural of?
Archduchesses is the plural of archduchess.

Words near archduchesses in the dictionary

  1. archdruidesses
  2. archdruids
  3. archds
  4. archducal
  5. archduchess
  6. archduchesses
  7. archduchies
  8. archduchy
  9. archduke
  10. archdukedom
  11. archdukedoms

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