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Both are needed to move up: Without George’s money, Bertha couldn’t outspend her opponents or hold court with dukes and duchesses.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
Bertha had tremendous triumphs even before making her daughter Gladys a duchess.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
His second wife, rich and vulgar, is the polar opposite of the first duchess’s distinction, just as Paracelsus’s elegant opacity is a better version of the paltry resident magician and alchemist whom the duke can afford.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Nan, now no longer a duchess, bolts out of the room.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
Bertha had tremendous triumphs even before making her daughter Gladys a duchess.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
His second wife, rich and vulgar, is the polar opposite of the first duchess’s distinction, just as Paracelsus’s elegant opacity is a better version of the paltry resident magician and alchemist whom the duke can afford.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Nan, now no longer a duchess, bolts out of the room.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duchess
Noun
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Pop princess Kylie Minogue landed some punches as Cammy White in the 1994 Street Fighter film.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Each child will have the chance to meet and take photos with their favorite princesses during a special meet-and-greet.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Neither Oh’s dizzy countess nor Nyong’o’s charming, feckless Viola ever takes the reins of this production, but that would be hard to do.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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In a similar vein (pun intended), the 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory was rumored to have bathed in the blood of young girls to preserve her youth.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Transport yourself back in time to the days where kings and queens ruled, and see over 100 daily shows.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Though most monarchs live their entire lives in castles and palaces, the late queen was not born expecting to ascend to the throne.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN,
24 Sep. 2024
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Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.—
Ellie Hall,
Vulture,
9 July 2024
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Diana counted Monckton, now a baroness, among her closest friends and was godmother to one of her daughters.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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The baroness is determined to build a hotel on the island, which a century ago might as well be like building a hotel on the moon.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In fact, elongated shapes like marquise have been selling for a premium this year due to high demand, said Zimnisky.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Substance star wore a between-the-finger-ring, which had three marquise diamonds.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Bridgerton viscountess is set to star in yet another love story, this time as a woman whose life is turned upside down by an upcoming wedding and the return of a former flame.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
Peoplemag,
21 June 2023
Noun
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Social status and fashion conspired to make gentlewomen’s footwear of every sort flimsy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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“Duchess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duchess. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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