Meanings
noungrand duchess (plural grand duchesses)
plural grand duchesses
- The wife or widow of a grand duke.
- Female ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
- proscribedThe wife of a grand prince.
- A daughter or granddaughter of a sovereign (czar or later emperor) of the Russian Empire or a pretender to the throne thereof.
Translations
Arabic غْرَانْدُوقَة
- غْرَانْدُوقَة (ḡrāndūqa)grand duke’s consort
Czech velkovévodkyně, velkokněžna
- velkovévodkyněgrand duke’s consort
- velkokněžna(grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
Danish storhertuginde, storfyrstinde
- storhertugindegrand duke’s consort
- storfyrstindegrand duke’s consort
- storfyrstinde(grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
Dutch groothertogin, groothertogin
- groothertogingrand duke’s consort
- groothertogin(grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
Finnish suuriruhtinatar, suuriruhtinatar
- suuriruhtinatargrand duke’s consort
- suuriruhtinatar(grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
French grande-duchesse, grande-duchesse
- grande-duchessegrand duke’s consort
- grande-duchesse(grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
German Großherzogin, Großherzogin
- Großherzogingrand duke’s consort
- Großherzogin(grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
Latvian lielhercogiene
- lielhercogienegrand duke’s consort
Persian گراندوشس
- گراندوشس (gerândušes)grand duke’s consort
Russian вели́кая княжна́
- вели́кая княжна́ (velíkaja knjažná)(grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
Thai แกรนด์ดัชเชส, แกรนด์ดัชเชส
- แกรนด์ดัชเชส (grɛɛn-dát-chés)grand duke’s consort
- แกรนด์ดัชเชส (grɛɛn-dát-chés)(grand)daughter of a Russian czar or emperor
Turkish grandüşes
- grandüşesgrand duke’s consort
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