Duchess is a rank of nobility, the female equivalent of
Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...
Lashina
Lashina is a supervillainess and Goddess warrior appearing in comics published by DC Comics.
Publication history
Created by Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ''Mister Miracle'' #6 (January 1972).
Fictional character biography
Lashina w ...
, a DC Comics character also known as "Duchess"
*Duchess, a character in ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', an American animated television series
*"Duchess", the code name for the title character in the American animated television series ''
Archer
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...
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*Duchess, a female white cat in the 1970
Disney
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animated
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...
film ''
The Aristocats
''The Aristocats'' is a 1970 American animated romantic musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. The 20th Disney animated feature film, the film is based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Ro ...
American McGee's Alice
''American McGee's Alice'' is a 2000 third-person action-adventure video game developed by Rogue Entertainment under the direction of designer American McGee and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Games banner. The game was originally re ...
Scott 4
''Scott 4'' is Scott Walker's fifth solo album. It was released in late 1969 under his birth name, Scott Engel, and failed to chart. Reissues have been released under his stage name. It has since received praise as one of Walker's best works.
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Duchess, Queensland
Duchess is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. In the , Duchess had a population of 23 people.
Geography
The town is in the east of the locality. The Cloncurry Duchess Road, which is part of the Cloncu ...
Duchess Theatre
The Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street near Aldwych.
The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest West End theatres with a proscenium arch. It has 494 se ...
, London, England
People
*The Duchess, nickname of convicted murderer
Juanita Spinelli
Evelita Juanita Spinelli (October 17, 1889 - November 21, 1941) nicknamed The Duchess, was the first woman to be executed by the state of California. She was a gangster and ex-wrestler.
Criminal history
FBI profiler Candice DeLong described Sp ...
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Norma-Jean Wofford
Norma-Jean Wofford (c. 1942 – April 30, 2005) - accessed February 2011 was an American
(c. 1942–2005), nicknamed "The Duchess", rhythm guitarist with Bo Diddley
*The Duchess,Valentine The Third of 22nd century Canadian Descendent
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, née Hamilton, (27 April 1855 – 24 January 1897), was an Irish novelist whose light romantic fiction was popular throughout the English-speaking world in the late 19th century.
Biography
She was born in County Cor ...
Beechcraft Duchess
The Beechcraft Model 76 Duchess is an American twin-engined monoplane built by Beechcraft intended partly as a low cost introduction to twin-engine aircraft.
Development
Developed as Model PD289 (Preliminary Design 289), the prototype was u ...
, an American monoplane
*Duchess class, a name for unstreamlined
LMS Coronation Class
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Coronation Class is a class of express passenger steam locomotives designed by William Stanier. They were an enlarged and improved version of his previous design, the LMS Princess Royal Class, an ...
British railway locomotives
Other uses
*, any of several British ships
* Duchess (restaurant), a restaurant chain in Connecticut, USA
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Duchess (solitaire)
Duchess or Glenwood is a patience or solitaire card game which uses a deck of 52 playing cards. It has all four typical features of a traditional patience or solitaire game: a tableau, a reserve, a stock or talon and a wastepile. It is relatively ...
, a card game
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Duchess lorikeet
The duchess lorikeet (''Charmosynoides margarethae'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Charmosynoides''. It is found throughout the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitats ...
(''Charmosyna margarethae''), a species of parrot
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Duchess potatoes
Duchess potatoes (french: pommes de terre duchesse) consist of a purée of mashed potato, egg yolk, and butter, which is forced from a piping bag or hand-moulded into various shapes which are then baked in a high temperature oven until golden.
, a cuisine item
*The
Duchess Stakes
The Duchess Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is open to three-year-old fillies. Held during the first part of August, it is contested over a distance of 7 furlongs on Polytrack ...
, a Canadian horse race
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The Duchess (horse)
The Duchess (1813–1836) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1816. In a racing career which lasted from March 1815 until October 1819 she competed in thirty-three races and ...
(1813–1836), British Thoroughbred racehorse
*Duchess, a brand of packaged sweet baked goods made by
Carolina Foods
Carolina Foods Incorporated is a private confectionery corporation and bakery headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1934, it is known for its Duchess brand honey buns and doughnuts and has been featured on the Food ...
*Duchess, Australian English term for a
dressing table
Dressing commonly refers to:
* Dressing (knot), the process of arranging a knot
* Dressing (medical), a medical covering for a wound, usually made of cloth
* Dressing, putting on clothing
Dressing may also refer to:
Food
* Salad dressing, a type ...
*"The Duchess", a limousine once owned by abdicated UK king Edward VIII and later restored by Morgan Murphy
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Duchesses (women's cricket)
Duchesses, previously known as M van der Merwe XI, are a South African women's cricket team that competed in the Women's T20 Super League. The team has no geographical base, and was instead made up of some of the best players from across South A ...
chess variant
A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways.
"International" or "Western" chess itself is one of a family of games which have related origins and could be co ...