Meaning of dutchy | Babel Free
/ˈdʌt͡ʃi/Definitions
Archaic spelling of duchy.
alt-of, archaic
Examples
“The ſeigniorie alſo and principality of this part (which the Perſians call a Satrapy, that is, a Dutchy or Countey) doth in great meaſure exceede all other prouinces that are vnder the protection of the great King.”
“The United Netherlands, (in Latin called Belgium fœderatum,) which we here particularly ſpeak of, form the northern part of the Netherlands, and including the Generalitélandes, border to the ſouth on Auſtrian Flanders and Brabant, to the eaſt on the upper quarters of the dutchies of Gelders and Cleve, the biſhopric of Munſter, the County of Bentheim, and the principality of Eaſt Frieſland, and to the north and weſt on the northern ſea; forming a territory of about ſix hundred and twenty-five ſquare geographical miles.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.