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- noun Plural form of
archduchess .
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Examples
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However, these unmarried princesses, countesses, duchesses and archduchesses had a special place in society.
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In after years, when marquises of another caste had been gracious to her, she became a strong Tory, and thought that archduchesses were sweet.
An Autobiography 2004
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The gunners fired at the ranks of the soldiers; the archduchesses aimed at the terrible captain of the little army.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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While the younger princes and princesses were engaged in playing round a large table, the two oldest, the archduchesses Maria Louisa and
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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The little archduchesses and princes, who, on hearing the imprecations uttered by their sister, had assumed a very grave air, felt as though they had been relieved of an oppressive burden, and burst into loud laughter.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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The little archduchesses and their brothers, it seemed, were engaged in a highly-interesting game, which their governesses were witnessing with smiling attention.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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Austria (brother of the Queen), the King of Sweden, ambassadors, princes, archduchesses.
The Story of Versailles Francis Loring Payne
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Archduke Ferdinand II and his sisters about the confessors of the archduchesses and about the establishment of a Jesuit house at Hall.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Sent to Innsbruck in 1564, he became confessor to the archduchesses of Austria, and gained such favour that he was with difficulty removed to Paris to become rector of Clermont college.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The empress Amelia, dowager of the late emperor Joseph, came this evening to wait on the reigning empress, followed by the two archduchesses her daughters, who are very agreeable young princesses.
Selected English Letters Various 1913
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