grand duchess

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === grand duchess (plural grand duchesses) The wife or widow of a grand duke. Female ruler or monarch of a grand duchy. (proscribed) The wife of a grand prince. A daughter or granddaughter of a sovereign (czar or later emperor) of the Russian Empire or a pretender to the throne thereof. ==== Related terms ==== grandducal grand duchy grand princess archduchess ==== Translations ====