duchy
duh chee
- n the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
- Chicago's extraordinary Duke of Groceries annexed another province to his growing duchy.
- The story of the Duval duchy began in 1911 when three Mexican Americans were gunned down in San Diego by a gang of Anglos opposed to the town's incorporation under Chicano control.
- Under the very noses of the alpaca-sleeved grocer barons, dapper, cold-eyed Nathan Cummings, 47, has fashioned himself a duchy.