Great Duchessn.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈdʌtʃᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈdətʃəs/

Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and duchess n.

Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with English elements. Etymons: great adj., duchess n., French grand Duchesse.

Etymology: < great adj. + duchess n., after Middle French, French †grand Duchesse (now grande-duchesse : see Grand Duchess n.).

Now chiefly historical.

= Grand Duchess n.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > grand-duke > grand-duchess

Great Duchess1601

Grand Duchess1862

1601 E. Aggas tr. A. Arnauld True Disc. Queenes Voy. 3 Shee entred her chamber, followed by..the great Duchesse [Fr. la grand Duchesse], the Duchesses of Mantua, Nemours, and Guyse, and the yong Lady of Guyse.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors i. 21 The Great Dutchesse was, the day before, deliver'd of a Daughter, who was already Christned,..according to the custom of the Muscovites.

1741 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 222/2 The Great Dutchess would support the Queen of Hungary.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 419 The public audiences are given by the great dutchess.

1807 W. Coxe Hist. House of Austria II. xxxi. 656 The archduchess Elisabeth, a princess of the House of Wirtemberg, and sister to the great duchess of Russia.

1894 Public-school Jrnl. (Bloomington, Illinois) Mar. 422/2 Prince Georg, father of..the Great Duchess of Toscana.

1934 Pop. Mech. Sept. 27/1 (advt.) Luxembourg: Greatduke Adolf and William, Greatduchess Mary and Charlotte, all issues of Airmail.

1962 ABA Jrnl. Feb. 190/1 Horace Walpole had been given a picture of Her Serene Highness, the Great Duchess Bianca Capello.

2010 Argus (S. Afr.) Weekend (Nexis) 24 Oct. e1. 21 The Great-Duchess Charlotte de Luxembourg.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great duchess
释义	Great Duchessn. Brit. /ˌɡreɪt ˈdʌtʃᵻs/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪt ˈdətʃəs/ Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and duchess n. Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with English elements. Etymons: great adj., duchess n., French grand Duchesse. Etymology: < great adj. + duchess n., after Middle French, French †grand Duchesse (now grande-duchesse : see Grand Duchess n.). Now chiefly historical. = Grand Duchess n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > grand-duke > grand-duchess Great Duchess1601 Grand Duchess1862 1601 E. Aggas tr. A. Arnauld True Disc. Queenes Voy. 3 Shee entred her chamber, followed by..the great Duchesse [Fr. la grand Duchesse], the Duchesses of Mantua, Nemours, and Guyse, and the yong Lady of Guyse. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors i. 21 The Great Dutchesse was, the day before, deliver'd of a Daughter, who was already Christned,..according to the custom of the Muscovites. 1741 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 222/2 The Great Dutchess would support the Queen of Hungary. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 419 The public audiences are given by the great dutchess. 1807 W. Coxe Hist. House of Austria II. xxxi. 656 The archduchess Elisabeth, a princess of the House of Wirtemberg, and sister to the great duchess of Russia. 1894 Public-school Jrnl. (Bloomington, Illinois) Mar. 422/2 Prince Georg, father of..the Great Duchess of Toscana. 1934 Pop. Mech. Sept. 27/1 (advt.) Luxembourg: Greatduke Adolf and William, Greatduchess Mary and Charlotte, all issues of Airmail. 1962 ABA Jrnl. Feb. 190/1 Horace Walpole had been given a picture of Her Serene Highness, the Great Duchess Bianca Capello. 2010 Argus (S. Afr.) Weekend (Nexis) 24 Oct. e1. 21 The Great-Duchess Charlotte de Luxembourg. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601
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