Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: duchess
IPA transcription: [d'ʌtʃəs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: duchess
    Meaning: the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
Usage examples
  • "What is Dapple?" said the duchess.
  • "The Duchess!" suggested Lord Rufford.
  • "I don't write the newspapers, Duchess.
  • "At any rate it wouldn't suit the Duchess.
  • The Duchess of Omnium was among the guests.
  • But the Duchess expected him on the morrow.
  • "What is all this, brothers?" asked the duchess.
  • Tell me what new follies the Duchess has on foot."
  • "Only the Duke and Duchess of Snarleyow and--mercy!
  • It was the duchess, however, who spoke first, saying: