Crossword clues for duchess
duchess
- Kate Middleton, for one
- Kate Middleton's title
- Duke's lady
- Title for Prince William's wife
- Title for Meghan Markle
- Sarah Ferguson's title
- Owner of the Cheshire Cat, with "the"
- New title for Meghan Markle
- Lucrezia Borgia, for one
- Kate Middleton title
- Frightful-looking "Alice in Wonderland" character, with "the"
- Duke’s wife
- Camilla's title
- ___ of Windsor
- Title for Camilla
- Kate Middleton, e.g.
- The wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
- Duke's wife
- Meghan Markle's ranking of the French musical
- Noblewoman, old, abandoning jet and ship
- Noblewoman’s daughter beginning to understand board game
- Noble's half-eaten food sent back by Nazi
- Noble and key united game
- Royal bonkers used such when partly out of uniform
- Title of the French game
- Titled lady
- Royal title
- Wife of a duke
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Duchess \Duch"ess\, n. [F. duchesse, fr. duc duke.] The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from Old French duchesse, from Late Latin or Medieval Latin ducissa, fem. of dux (see duke (n.)). Often spelled dutchess until early 19c. (as in Dutchess County, New York, U.S.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The female spouse or widow of a duke. 2 The female ruler of a duchy (where women can reign). vb. (context UK informal English) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
WordNet
n. the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
The Duchess is a character in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865. Carroll does not describe her physically in much detail, although as stated in Chapter 9 "Alice did not much like keeping so close to her: first, because the Duchess was VERY ugly; and secondly, because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice’s shoulder..." Her hideous appearance and short stature is strongly established in the popular imagination thanks to John Tenniel's illustrations and from context it is clear that Alice finds her quite unattractive.
Duchess (also Dutchess) is a solitaire card game which uses a deck of 52 playing cards. It has all four typical features, a tableau, a reserve, a stock and a waste pile, and is quite easy to win.
The Duchess is a historic sponge-hooking boat in Tarpon Springs, Florida. It is located at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks at Dodecanese Boulevard. On August 2, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
"Duchess" is a song by the English rock band Genesis, appearing as the second track on their 1980 album, Duke. It peaked at number 46 in the UK Singles Chart.
Part of the album's "hidden suite" which also included " Behind the Lines", "Guide Vocal", " Turn It On Again", "Duke's Travels" and "Duke's End," the lyrics tell the story of the rise and fall of a diva from the beginning of her career, to her superstardom, to her decline in public opinion. It is the first Genesis song to use a drum machine.
The video for the song shows Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford playing at various points around the Liverpool Empire Theatre and watching the Duchess perform her songs, Collins nodding his head in approval. The drum machine used in the song ( Roland CR-78) is shown at the beginning of the video.
Duchess is a rank of nobility, the female equivalent of Duke.
Duchess may also refer to:
"Duchess" is a single by The Stranglers from the album The Raven. The ninth track on the album, it peaked at number 14 in the UK Singles Chart. The supporting video for the song was banned by the BBC, as they deemed it blasphemous for its content, which featured the band dressed up as choirboys.
Duchess is a fast-food restaurant chain in southwestern Connecticut. Founded by Harold and Jack Berkowitz in Bridgeport in 1956, the company is privately owned and operated by Duchess Worldwide, Inc., based in Milford, Connecticut. The restaurants, 14 in all, feature an eat-in dining room, take-out service, and a drive-thru.
Usage examples of "duchess".
Annabelle be seen in only the most gracious and laudatory light: a light designed specifically so that the Duke of Acton would see in her a young woman magnificently tailored to bear the title Duchess.
He lifted his gaze to find both the Duchess and Acton had turned indulgent smiles on the redheaded chit, as if charmed by her bold behavior.
Mercy said, looking from Acton to the Duchess in a pretty study of consternation.
If the butler could have snorted, or the rector have rapped out an uncomplimentary adjective, the duchess would have felt cheered.
Bel, the present duchess of Hawkscliffe, considered one of the most ravishing women in Society, wore a gown of soft rose silk with long sleeves of transparent aerophane crepe.
But here his voice was lost in the joyous acclamations of his followers who shouted amain until the Duchess quelled them with lifted hand.
Mixed into the wind it reminded him of the laughter he had heard in the arboretum when he had come upon the duchess and the King.
Bertran tried to engage the Duchess of Saxony, and is said to have followed her to Argentan after the Christmas court.
The Grand Duke and Duchess were at dinner in their private apartments with Astasia, Vassian, and other court officials.
I saw the Duchess in the attic, in her atelier, lighting candles to stave off the dark.
The two heads, one hoary and aged and the other young and bright, leaned together as the duke of Avaria and the duchess of Fesse bent close in intimate conversation The door closed, cutting them off, and Hanna felt rushed along as Hugh led his retinue at a brisk pace under shaded porticos and out across the blistering hot courtyard that separated the regnal palace from the one where the skopos dwelled.
Behind these paraded the banners of his noble companions, those who had chosen, or been commanded, to accompany his expedition: Duchess Liutgard of Fesse, Helmut Vil-lam, Duke Burchard of Avaria, and a host of other lords and ladies.
Behind them came the king himself and his Closest companions: Duke Burchard of Avaria, Duchess Liutgard of Fesse, Margrave Villam, several Aostan nobles, and of course his stalwart Eagle, Hathui.
Duke of Avaria, and his duchess, Ida of Ro-vencia, sat beside the king.
Sometimes, lying wide-eyed in the dark, she pictured herself at such a moment, gorgeously gowned, and delightfully disdainful of the bejeweled, becrowned, stately kings and queens and little princelings, dukes and duchesses and earls and countesses, all hanging on the exquisite notes she drew from her strings.