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What's The Definition Of Duke?
[n] a British peer of the highest rank
[n] a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank Synonyms | Synonyms for Duke: Related Terms | Find terms related to Duke: archduke | aristocrat | armiger | baron | baronet | blue blood | Brahman | count | daimio | earl | esquire | gentleman | grand duke | grandee | hidalgo | lace-curtain | laird | landgrave | lord | lordling | magnate | magnifico | margrave | marquis | noble | nobleman | optimate | palsgrave | patrician | peer | seigneur | seignior | silk-stocking | squire | swell | thoroughbred | upper-cruster | viscount | waldgrave See Also | Lord | noble | nobleman | peer Duke In Webster's Dictionary \Duke\n. [F. duc, fr. L. dux, ducis, leader, commander, fr.
ducere to lead; akin to AS. te['o]n to draw; cf. AS. heretoga
(here army) an army leader, general, G. herzog duke. See
{Tue}, and cf. {Doge}, {Duchess}, {Ducat}, {Duct}, {Adduce},
{Deduct}.]
1. A leader; a chief; a prince. [Obs.]
Hannibal, duke of Carthage. --Sir T.
Elyot.
All were dukes once, who were ``duces'' -- captains
or leaders of their people. --Trench.
2. In England, one of the highest order of nobility after
princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four
archbishops of England and Ireland.
3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without
the title of king.
{Duke's coronet}. See {Illust}. of {Coronet}.
{To dine with Duke Humphrey}, to go without dinner. See under
{Dine}.
\Duke\, v. i. To play the duke. [Poetic] Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. -- Shak. |
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