The wife or widow of a duke. / The female ruler of a duchy.

(Australia, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.

A surname from Old French. / A small city, the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. / The Duchesne River in Utah.

Ellipsis of duchesse lace.

Obsolete spelling of duchess

genitive of duchesse / plural of duchess / plural of duchesse

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duchess

To administer the Priestly Blessing.

The wife or widow of a grand duke. / (proscribed) The wife of a grand prince.

A smile involving contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi (which raises the cheeks and forms crow's feet around the eyes).