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duchesse (1160-74)
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duchesse (1160-74)

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ducesse,  ducheise,  duchesce,  duchoise,  dukeise  
  FEW:  dux 3,196a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  duchesse 9,418a TL: duchoise 1  DEAF:  duc 2 (duchoise 1)  DMF:  duchesse  TLF:  duchesse  OED:  duchess n.  MED:  duches(se n.  DMLBS:  ducata 1 730a

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statustitlefemaleduchess: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  li duc lez fist prendre et [...] lor fist lez chief couper; La duchoise s’en dut d’ire et de duel desver  Rom de Rou wace i 56.1217
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  La Fiere Pucele [...] Ke de Calabre esteit dukeise  Ipom BFR 215
( 1319 )  Isabel [...] duchesse d’Aquitaine  King’s Bench v.cxx
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Fille de rey e grant duchesce  boz Seven Poems 61.4
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )  un duc, une ducesse  Man lang ANTS 51.8
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