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Definition of "duchesses" [duchesses]

  • Plural form of duchess. (noun)
  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duchess. (verb)

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Use "duchesses" in a sentence
  • "It was Mr Cecil who put them across, Mr Cecil who had cultivated acquaintance with half the fashionable women of London and New York, who called duchesses by their pet names and had actually come by a glossy magazine in which, against an article by himself on Designing for Our Fairy Tale Princess, someone had scribbled in pencil, ‘But he never has designed for me!’"
  • "(You changed the end of the second verse -- you said "countesses" instead of "duchesses" -- begin again.)"
  • "But our New York brummagem "duchesses" of yesterday are less liberal in their condescensions."