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Definizione monolingua


duchess


Verb

duchess (third-person singular simple present duchesses, present participle duchessing, simple past and past participle duchessed)


  1. (UK, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
    • 1956, John Thomas Lang, I Remember, page 64,
      On arrival in England he was “duchessed” in a manner that no Australian Prime Minister has ever been “duchessed” before or since. Northcliffe was looking for someone around whom he could build a campaign against Asquith. Hughes filled the bill nicely.
    • 1996, Shane Maloney, The Brush-Off, 2003, page 46,
      ‘A word to the wise, Murray. Those wogs you?ve been duchessing at Ethnic Affairs have got nothing on the culture vultures. Tear the flesh right off your bones, they will.’
    • 2004, Humphrey McQueen, A New Britannia, Fourth Edition, page 66,
      The traditional version of Hughes? decision to introduce conscription gives central importance to his visit to London in April 1916 where it is alleged he was duchessed and deceived concerning recruitment figures.
    • 2006, Jacqueline Dickenson, Renegades and Rats: Betrayal and the Remaking of Radical Organisations in Britain and Australia, page 144,
      But by 1914 Grayson had, according to Groves, been thoroughly duchessed, believing that he could enjoy the good things in life and still serve the cause.
<Noun

duchess (plural duchesses)


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

Definizione dizionario duchess


duchessa
  female spouse or widow of a duke
  Figlia o moglie di un duca (nella gerarchia araldica un duca è inferiore al principe e superiore al marchese).
duca

Altri significati:
  (Australian, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
  The female spouse or widow of a duke.
  female ruler of a duchy
  The female ruler of a duchy (where women can reign).

Traduzione duchess


duchessa ,duca

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