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European characters announced grand ladies (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duchesses

'grand ladies' is the definition.
(grand or aristocratic women)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for duchesses that I've seen before include "aristocrats" , "ladies" .)

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