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duchessdoms

duchessdoms is the plural of duchessdom.

Meaning of duchessdom

Noun

duchessdom (countable and uncountable, plural duchessdoms)

  1. The condition or title of a duchess.
    • She had a certain grandeur about her cap, and a majestical set about the skirt of her dress, and a rigour in the lines of her mouth, which indicated a habit of command, and a confidence in her own dignity, which might be supposed to be the very clearest attribute of duchessdom.1860, Anthony Trollope, “Two Witnesses”, in Castle Richmond. A Novel. (Collection of British Authors; Tauchnitz Edition; volume 520), volume I, Leipzig: [Christian] Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 308
  2. A region ruled by a duchess.
    • The buskers gathered expectantly at their table, and presently the two came in, he who had thought a kingdom well lost for love, and she who had gained a duchessdom by it.1945, Douglas Reed, The Next Horizon: or, Yeomans’ Progress, London: Jonathan Cape, […], chapter 23, page 209

Questions about duchessdoms

What is duchessdoms the plural of?
Duchessdoms is the plural of duchessdom.

Words near duchessdoms in the dictionary

  1. Duchesneau
  2. Duchesneaus
  3. duchess
  4. duchess potatoes
  5. duchessdom
  6. duchessdoms
  7. duchesse
  8. duchesse lace
  9. duchesse laces
  10. duchesse potatoes
  11. duchessed

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