archduchess
arch·duch·ess
noun \-ˈdə-chəs\Definition of ARCHDUCHESS
1
: the wife or widow of an archduke
2
: a woman having in her own right a rank equal to that of an archduke
See Origin of ARCHDUCHESS
French archiduchesse, feminine of archiduc archduke, from Middle French archeduc
First Known Use: 1555
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