duch‧ess /ˈdʌtʃəs, ˈdʌtʃɪs/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: duchesse, from duc; ⇒ duke]
a woman with the highest social rank outside the royal family, or the wife of a
duke:
the Duchess of York [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲