The wife or widow of a duke.
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The female ruler of a duchy.
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(AU, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
On arrival in England he was “duchessed” in a manner that no Australian Prime Minister has ever been “duchessed” before or since. Northcliffe was looking for someone around whom he could build a campaign against Asquith. Hughes filled th…
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