English to afrikaans meaning of

'n Hertogin is 'n vrou wat in eie reg die rang van hertog beklee, of die vrou of weduwee van 'n hertog. In die Verenigde Koninkryk is 'n hertogin 'n edelvrou wat onder 'n prinses en bo 'n gravin rangskik. Die term word ook in ander lande met monargieƫ gebruik om na vroue van gelyke rang te verwys.

Sentence Examples

  1. Printed on the side of the upper deck was the name Duchess in black.
  2. The duchess desired Sancho to come to her side, for she found infinite enjoyment in listening to his shrewd remarks.
  3. One of this sort, I say, must have been the grave churchman who came out with the duke and duchess to receive Don Quixote.
  4. It slammed its forearms on the deck with a thunderous blow, shaking the Duchess.
  5. The duke and duchess, who had not known anything about this, waited to see what came of this strange washing.
  6. But it is more likely that, with his plans, and projects, and hopefulness, the volume would have remained unfinished till his death, and that we should have never made the acquaintance of the Duke and Duchess, or gone with Sancho to Barataria.
  7. You do as you like, make a duchess or a princess of her, but I can tell you it will not be with my will and consent.
  8. The ecclesiastic took his seat opposite to him, and the duke and duchess those at the sides.
  9. The duchess begged Don Quixote, as he seemed to have a retentive memory, to describe and portray to her the beauty and features of the lady Dulcinea del Toboso, for, judging by what fame trumpeted abroad of her beauty, she felt sure she must be the fairest creature in the world, nay, in all La Mancha.
  10. He pulled it all the way down, bringing the Duchess to a stop.