archducal
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of archducal
First recorded in 1655–65; earlier archiducal, from French; see origin at archi-, ducal
Example Sentences
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The U. S. Minister and the rest of the diplomatic corps periodically attend archducal levees�mere playacting, but taken in aristocratic earnest.
From Time Magazine Archive
She it was who formed the usual medium of communication between the pirates and their archducal allies; and during her frequent sojourns at Gradiska, she assumed the character of attendant on the counsellor's lady.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various
Once in the road the chauffeur, anxious to make trial at an early moment of the archducal hospitality, let her rip.
From The Terrible Twins by Jepson, Edgar
At least she was doing what she could to reach Sarajevo before the archducal party arrived, and as her companion hopefully assured her, with a fair chance of success.
From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George
And on the coach door flashed Maximilian’s escutcheon, his archducal arms grafted on the torso of his new imperial estate.
From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)
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