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# duchy

«duchy» in Mova's school dictionary: **an area of land ruled by a duke or a duchess** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a duchy, duchies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A duchy is an area of land ruled by a duke or a duchess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#m1)

2) (UK) The Duchy of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lancaster are special estates of land owned by the British royal family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons it appears with kings, dukes and medieval Europe: many countries were once split into duchies, like the Duchy of Normandy. Luxembourg is still a Grand Duchy today. It tells the reader a land ruled by a duke. Related: duke, duchess, kingdom, principality.

### examples

- William was the Duke of Normandy and ruled the duchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#x1)
- Luxembourg is a Grand Duchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#x2)
- The prince gets money from the Duchy of Cornwall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#x3)
- The duchy was smaller than a kingdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#x4)
- Germany was once made of many duchies and kingdoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#x5)
- The duke protected the people of his duchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#x6)
- Duchy Originals sells biscuits from royal land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#x7)
- If only I had a duchy!’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/#x8)

### note

Countable: plural duchies (y → ies). Pronounced «DUTCH-ee». Related: duke (man), duchess (woman or a duke's wife). A duchy is smaller than a kingdom; a county was ruled by a count or earl. Not to be confused with «Dutch».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «duchy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duchy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.