Associations to the word «Duchy»

Wiktionary

DUCHY, noun. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess. (A grand duchy may be a self-governing state. A simple duchy tends to be a part of a larger kingdom or empire.)

Dictionary definition

DUCHY, noun. The domain controlled by a duke or duchess.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope