Dutchess:
noun. A
dutchess is the official term for a Dutch duchess. The word
dutchess has been rendered largely obsolete following the year 1830, when Belgium and the Netherlands split and the Netherlands retained no
duches or
dutchesses save the monarch, who is the
Duche or
Dutchess of Limburg. Thus, the only
duche surviving today is Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, and the only
dutchess is his wife, Queen Máxima.
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