duchesse
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of duchesse
From French, dating back to 1785–95; see origin at duchess
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The touchstone of the Old Master painters, as seen in Anderson’s men’s collection, was felt here again with collapsed leather Renaissance boots and use of satin, silk duchesse, velvet, crystals and feather.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Visitors will be able to examine Sir Norman Hartnell's white duchesse satin gown, worn by the Queen when she was crowned in 1953, aged 27.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2022
Eilish wore a custom Gucci corset look of ivory and duchesse satin with green lace and a padded bustle.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2022
The ruched bodice, puff sleeves and the A-line skirt were crafted from silk and duchesse satin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2017
Dinner was prawn cocktails in wine glasses for starters, lamb chops with chef’s hats with duchesse potatoes and braised celery for main, and a Baked Alaska for "dessert," not "afters."
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
"From valets to duchesses, from three-piece suits to the Roaring Twenties, there is something for every taste," it boasts on its website.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Black duchesses, Black princes, white ladies, all falling in love with whomever.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
The duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex sat side by side, sisters-in-law looking on from the front row.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2019
Harry and his brother, William, are princes, yet their wives are duchesses, not princesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2019
American elements in modern London Society, 435; countesses and duchesses, 435; embassies and ministers—Washington Irving and Motley, 435; Russell Lowell and Bayard, 436; ladies, their education in Paris, 436; restlessness a characteristic feature of, 436.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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