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archduchess

[ ahrch-duhch-is ]

noun

  1. the wife of an archduke.
  2. a princess of the Austrian imperial family.


archduchess

/ 藞蓱藧迟蕛藞诲蕦迟蕛瑟蝉 /

noun

  1. the wife or widow of an archduke
  2. (since 1453) a princess of the Austrian imperial family, esp a daughter of the Austrian emperor
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

What's the difference between archduchess and archduke? See -ess.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of archduchess1

First recorded in 1610鈥20; arch- 1 + duchess, modeled on French archiduchesse
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The archduchess admires his protective instinct, but she can鈥檛 save him, or the tower, from their inevitable fate.

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About a self-important archduchess, she comments: 鈥淚 would like to see her in the water. Water has a way of splashing on the mighty in a way that does them no favors.鈥

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Marie-Antoinette, an Austrian archduchess by birth, was the wife of King Louis XVI of France, of the Bourbon dynasty.

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It is now appropriated to the descendants of the imperial family of Austria through the make line, all such male descendants being styled archduke, and all such female descendants archduchesses.

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King Henry promises to perform the marriage ceremonies within a month of the archduchess's arrival at Greenwich.

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