| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| archduchess |
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| SYLLABICATION: | arch·duch·ess |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ärch-d ch  s |
| NOUN: | 1. The wife or widow of an archduke. 2. A woman, especially an Austrian princess, holding an archduchy in her own right. 3. Used as a title for such a noblewoman. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French archiduchesse, feminine of archiduc, archduke. See archduke.
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