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archduchess

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Archduchess (noun) means a title for a daughter or granddaughter of an Austro-Hungarian emperor, or for the wife of his son or grandson.

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A title for a daughter or granddaughter of an Austro-Hungarian emperor, or for the wife of his son or grandson.
"If that weren’t enough, in 1993 she married Karl von Habsburg, otherwise known as Archduke Karl of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and the couple set up home in Salzburg, producing two archduchesses and an archduke." — William Shaw, We Are Not a Muse (2007)
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Etymology

From French archiduchesse, feminine of archiduc, corresponding to archduke + -ess or arch- + duchess.

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"archduchess" (noun) means a title for a daughter or granddaughter of an Austro-Hungarian emperor, or for the wife of his son or grandson.
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