duchess

duchesse

Femme mariée à un duc, un noble de haut rang, ou veuve d’un duc.

En anglais simple : A woman whose husband is or was a duke, a man with a high noble title.

• The duchess arrived with her husband.
• She became a duchess when she married the duke.
• The widowed duchess continued to live in the palace.

Expressions courantes : the duchess, dowager duchess

duchesse

Femme qui gouverne un territoire appelé duché.

En anglais simple : A woman who rules a territory called a duchy.

• The duchess ruled these lands.
• She inherited the territory and became its duchess.
• The duchess introduced new laws for her subjects.

Expressions courantes : ruling duchess, sovereign duchess