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dutchess

dutchess is the archaic spelling of duchess.

Meaning of duchess

Noun

duchess (plural duchesses)

  1. The wife or widow of a duke.
    • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday.2012 December 3, Caroline Davies, The Guardian
  2. The female ruler of a duchy.

See all 4 meanings of duchess

Forms of dutchess

pluraldutchesses

Words formed from dutchess

Questions about dutchess

What is dutchess the archaic spelling of?
Dutchess is the archaic spelling of duchess.

Words near dutchess in the dictionary

  1. Dutcher
  2. Dutcher bodies
  3. Dutcher body
  4. Dutchers
  5. dutches
  6. dutchess
  7. Dutchess County
  8. dutchesses
  9. Dutchest
  10. dutchie
  11. dutchier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dutchess (page history and authors); duchess (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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