Duchesshood
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being a duchess. uncountable
"Our Lady’s, rustic-latticed!—made her wife. / War snatched the secret suitor: whispers base / Beat down the lilied maid. Back from the strife / Came Duke: her Duchesshood cut sneering with a knife."
Example
More examples"Our Lady’s, rustic-latticed!—made her wife. / War snatched the secret suitor: whispers base / Beat down the lilied maid. Back from the strife / Came Duke: her Duchesshood cut sneering with a knife."
Etymology
From duchess + -hood.