noun
Meaning 1
The wife or widow of a grand duke.
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Phrase guide
grand duchess
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noun
Meaning 2
Female ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
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noun
Meaning 3
The wife of a grand prince.
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Usage: proscribed
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noun
Meaning 4
A daughter or granddaughter of a sovereign (czar or later emperor) of the Russian Empire or a pretender to the throne thereof.
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noun
Meaning 5
the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: duchess
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غْرَانْدُوقَة (ḡrāndūqa) — grand duke’s consort
- Czech: velkovévodkyně — grand duke’s consort
- Danish: storhertuginde — grand duke’s consort
- Danish: storfyrstinde — grand duke’s consort
- Dutch: groothertogin — grand duke’s consort
- Finnish: suuriruhtinatar — grand duke’s consort
- French: grande-duchesse — grand duke’s consort
- German: Großherzogin — grand duke’s consort
- Latvian: lielhercogiene — grand duke’s consort
- Persian: گراندوشس (gerândušes) — grand duke’s consort
- Thai: แกรนด์ดัชเชส (grɛɛn-dát-chés) — grand duke’s consort
- Turkish: grandüşes — grand duke’s consort
- Ottoman Turkish: غراندوشس (grandüşes) — grand duke’s consort
- Czech: velkokněžna — (grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
- Danish: storfyrstinde — (grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
- Dutch: groothertogin — (grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
- Finnish: suuriruhtinatar — (grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
- French: grande-duchesse — (grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
- German: Großherzogin — (grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
- Russian: вели́кая княжна́ (velíkaja knjažná) — (grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
- Thai: แกรนด์ดัชเชส (grɛɛn-dát-chés) — (grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor