"duchess" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌt͡ʃɪs/, /ˈdʌt͡ʃəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-duchess.wav Forms: duchesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English duchesse, from Old French duchesse. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|duchesse}} Middle English duchesse, {{der|en|fro|duchesse}} Old French duchesse Head templates: {{en-noun}} duchess (plural duchesses)
  1. The wife or widow of a duke. Categories (topical): Nobility
    Sense id: en-duchess-en-noun-5HlX87rY Disambiguation of Nobility: 61 8 31 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 44 3 53
  2. The female ruler of a duchy. Categories (topical): Female people Translations (female ruler of a duchy): hertogin (Afrikaans), դքսուհի (dkʻsuhi) (Armenian), херцоги́ня (hercogínja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), дуке́са (dukésa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), duquessa [feminine] (Catalan), 女伯爵 (Chinese Mandarin), vévodkyně [feminine] (Czech), hertogin [feminine] (Dutch), herttuatar (Finnish), duchesse [feminine] (French), duquesa [feminine] (Galician), Herzogin [feminine] (German), δούκισσα (doúkissa) [feminine] (Greek), duke wahine (Hawaiian), hercegnő (Hungarian), hertogaynja [feminine] (Icelandic), adipati perempuan (Indonesian), bandiúc [feminine] (Irish), hercogiene [feminine] (Latvian), hercogė [feminine] (Lithuanian), војвотка (vojvotka) [feminine] (Macedonian), bendiuic [masculine] (Manx), डचेस (ḍaces) (Marathi), duchêsse [feminine] (Norman), księżna [feminine] (Polish), duquesa [feminine] (Portuguese), герцоги́ня (gercogínja) [feminine] (Russian), княги́ня (knjagínja) [feminine] (Russian), ban-diùc [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), duquesa [feminine] (Spanish), hertiginna [common-gender] (Swedish), ดัชเชส (dát-chés) (Thai), düşes (Turkish), dük [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hidük [masculine] (Volapük), jidük [feminine] (Volapük), duges (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-duchess-en-noun-ZJVILO3x Disambiguation of Female people: 32 60 8 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ess (female) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 5 60 36 Disambiguation of 'female ruler of a duchy': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dutchess [archaic] Related terms: duchesse lace, duchesse, duchesse potatoes Translations (female spouse or widow of a duke): hertogin (Afrikaans), دُوقَة (dūqa) [feminine] (Arabic), դքսուհի (dkʻsuhi) (Armenian), hersoginya (Azerbaijani), герцагі́ня (hjercahínja) [feminine] (Belarusian), княгі́ня (knjahínja) [feminine] (Belarusian), херцоги́ня (hercogínja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), дуке́са (dukésa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), duquessa [feminine] (Catalan), 公爵夫人 (gōngjué fūrén) (Chinese Mandarin), vévodkyně [feminine] (Czech), hertuginde [common-gender] (Danish), hertogin [feminine] (Dutch), dukino (Esperanto), hertsoginna (Estonian), hertugafrú [feminine] (Faroese), herttuatar (Finnish), duchesse [feminine] (French), duquesa [feminine] (Galician), Herzogin [feminine] (German), δούκισσα (doúkissa) [feminine] (Greek), duke wahine (Hawaiian), hercegné (Hungarian), hertogaynja [feminine] (Icelandic), istri adipati (Indonesian), bandiúc [feminine] (Irish), duchessa (Italian), 公爵夫人 (kōshaku fujin) (alt: こうしゃくふじん) (Japanese), hercogiene [feminine] (Latvian), hercogienė [feminine] (Lithuanian), војвотка (vojvotka) [feminine] (Macedonian), bendiuic [masculine] (Manx), tutahe (Maori), डचेस (ḍaces) (Marathi), duchêsse [feminine] (Norman), hertuginne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hertuginne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), duquessa [feminine] (Occitan), دوقسّه (dukessa) (Ottoman Turkish), دوشس (dušes) (Persian), księżna [feminine] (Polish), duquesa [feminine] (Portuguese), ducesă [feminine] (Romanian), герцоги́ня (gercogínja) [feminine] (Russian), княги́ня (knjagínja) [feminine] (Russian), ban-diùc [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), војвоткиња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vojvotkinja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vojvodkyňa [feminine] (Slovak), vojvodinja [feminine] (Slovene), duquesa [feminine] (Spanish), hertiginna [common-gender] (Swedish), dukesa (Tagalog), ดัชเชส (dát-chés) (Thai), düşes [feminine] (Turkish), герцоги́ня (hercohýnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), княги́ня (knjahýnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), gersoginya (Uzbek), dük [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hidük [masculine] (Volapük), jidük [feminine] (Volapük), duges (Welsh)
Derived forms: archduchess, Duchess, duchessdom, duchesshood, duchesslike, duchessly, duchessness, duchess potatoes, duchessy, dutch, Dutchess County, grand duchess Disambiguation of 'female spouse or widow of a duke': 54 46

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʌt͡ʃɪs/, /ˈdʌt͡ʃəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-duchess.wav Forms: duchesses [present, singular, third-person], duchessing [participle, present], duchessed [participle, past], duchessed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English duchesse, from Old French duchesse. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|duchesse}} Middle English duchesse, {{der|en|fro|duchesse}} Old French duchesse Head templates: {{en-verb}} duchess (third-person singular simple present duchesses, present participle duchessing, simple past and past participle duchessed)
  1. (Australia, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously. Tags: Australia, informal
    Sense id: en-duchess-en-verb-i~DvxuRv Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (wife), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (wife): 22 4 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 3 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 2 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 5 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 20 5 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 44 3 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 3 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 4 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 4 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 4 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 6 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 5 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hawaiian translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 5 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 5 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 4 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 10 5 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 4 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 10 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 5 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 7 2 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 10 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 19 4 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 16 4 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 4 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 4 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 4 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 17 5 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 3 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 3 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 18 3 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 19 5 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 11 4 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 13 4 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dutchess [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "‘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.’",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "But by 1914 Grayson had, according to Groves, been thoroughly duchessed, believing that he could enjoy the good things in life and still serve the cause.",
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      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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      "word": "војвоткиња"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "vojvodkyňa"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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      "word": "duquesa"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
      "word": "dukesa"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dát-chés",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
      "word": "ดัชเชส"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "düşes"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hercohýnja",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "герцоги́ня"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "knjahýnja",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
      "word": "gersoginya"
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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      "word": "dük"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "female spouse or widow of a duke",
      "word": "duges"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "word": "hertogin"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dkʻsuhi",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "word": "դքսուհի"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hercogínja",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "херцоги́ня"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dukésa",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "дуке́са"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "duquessa"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "word": "女伯爵"
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      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
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      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
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      "word": "duchesse"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "duquesa"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Herzogin"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "doúkissa",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "δούκισσα"
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      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "word": "duke wahine"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "word": "hercegnő"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hertogaynja"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "word": "adipati perempuan"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bandiúc"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hercogiene"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hercogė"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vojvotka",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "војвотка"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ḍaces",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "word": "डचेस"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "duchêsse"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "księżna"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "duquesa"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "герцоги́ня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knjagínja",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "княги́ня"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ban-diùc"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "duquesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
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      "word": "hertiginna"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
      "word": "ดัชเชส"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "female ruler of a duchy",
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    },
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      "code": "vo",
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      "word": "dük"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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          "text": "On arrival in England he was “duchessed” in a manner that no Australian Prime Minister has ever been “duchessed” before or since. Northcliffe was looking for someone around whom he could build a campaign against Asquith. Hughes filled the bill nicely.",
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          "ref": "1996, Shane Maloney, The Brush-Off, published 2003, page 46:",
          "text": "‘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.’",
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          "ref": "2004, Humphrey McQueen, A New Britannia, Fourth Edition, page 66:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2006, Jacqueline Dickenson, Renegades and Rats: Betrayal and the Remaking of Radical Organisations in Britain and Australia, page 144:",
          "text": "But by 1914 Grayson had, according to Groves, been thoroughly duchessed, believing that he could enjoy the good things in life and still serve the cause.",
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