DUCHESS

Duchess

The Duchess is a character in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865. Carroll does not describe her physically in much detail, although her hideous appearance is strongly established in the popular imagination thanks to John Tenniel's illustrations and from context it is clear that Alice finds her quite unattractive.

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duchess

Noun

  1. The female spouse or widow of a duke.
  2. The female ruler of a duchy (where women can reign).

Verb

  1. to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.


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