Duchesshood

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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duchessness

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"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.

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