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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
archduchess
 
SYLLABICATION:arch·duch·ess
PRONUNCIATION:  ärch-dchs
NOUN:1. The wife or widow of an archduke. 2. A woman, especially an Austrian princess, holding an archduchy in her own right. 3. Used as a title for such a noblewoman.
ETYMOLOGY:French archiduchesse, feminine of archiduc, archduke. See archduke.
 
 
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