Duchesses

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of duchess form-of, plural
  2. 2
    plural of duchesse form-of, plural
  3. 3
    genitive of duchesse form-of, genitive, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of duchess form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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apple-polishbootlickbow and scrapebrownnosebutter upcroodle

Example

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"What they said was true; for a few days after the King's son caused it to be proclaimed, by sound of trumpet, that he would marry her whose foot this slipper would fit exactly. They began to try it on the princesses, then on the duchesses, and then on all the ladies of the Court; but in vain."

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