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The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.

A beautiful variety of Brussels pillow lace made originally in Belgium and resembling Honiton guipure. It is worked with fine thread in large sprays, usually of the primrose pattern, with much raised work.

The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.

The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash.

Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. "The bedlam, brainsick duchess." Shak.

A person of high rank. [Obs.] She's a duchess, a great estate. Latimer. Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee. Mark vi. 21.

The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England. How fares your Grace ! Shak.

sion, St. John Baptist's, and All Saints' Days); called also Dies non juridici. -- Grand duchess. (a) The wife or widow of a grand duke. (b) A lady having the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. (c) In Russia, a daughter of the Czar. -- Grand duke. (a) A sovereign duke, inferior in rank to a king; as, the Grand…

ouncement; warning. I . . . have given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here. Shak.

of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa.

. [Obs.] At which marriage was [were] no person present but the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young man. Fabyan.

nimals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.