different between duchess vs baroness
duchess
English
Alternative forms
- dutchess (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English duchesse, from Old French duchesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?t???s/, /?d?t???s/
Noun
duchess (plural duchesses)
- The wife or widow of a duke.
- 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1]
- 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, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1]
- The female ruler of a duchy.
Derived terms
Related terms
- duchesse lace, duchesse
- duchesse potatoes
Translations
Verb
duchess (third-person singular simple present duchesses, present participle duchessing, simple past and past participle duchessed)
- (Australia, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
- 1996, Shane Maloney, The Brush-Off, 2003, page 46,
- ‘A word to the wise, Murray. Those wogs you?ve been duchessing at Ethnic Affairs have got nothing on the culture vultures. Tear the flesh right off your bones, they will.’
- 2004, Humphrey McQueen, A New Britannia, Fourth Edition, page 66,
- The traditional version of Hughes? decision to introduce conscription gives central importance to his visit to London in April 1916 where it is alleged he was duchessed and deceived concerning recruitment figures.
- 1996, Shane Maloney, The Brush-Off, 2003, page 46,
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baroness
English
Etymology
baron +? -ess
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?bæ.???n?s/
Noun
baroness (plural baronesses)
- The wife of a baron.
- A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.
Related terms
- baronetess
Translations
Anagrams
- Seaborns, nosebars
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