grand duchess

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Noun

grand duchess (plural grand duchesses)

  1. The wife or widow of a grand duke.
  2. Female ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
  3. (proscribed) The wife of a grand prince.
  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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