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duchess
duchess:
see
duke
duchess (n.)
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.).