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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Duke
     derived from the Latin dux, meaning "a leader;" Arabic, "a
     sheik." This word is used to denote the phylarch or chief of a
     tribe (Gen. 36:15-43; Ex. 15:15; 1 Chr. 1:51-54).
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :   [ gazetteer ]

  Duke, MO
    Zip code(s): 65461
  Duke, OK
    Zip code(s): 73532

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Duke \Duke\ (d[=u]k), 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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Hannibal, duke of Carthage.           --Sir T.
                                                    Elyot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All were dukes once, who were ``duces'' -- captains
              or leaders of their people.           --Trench.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without
        the title of king.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. pl. The fists; as, put up your dukes. [slang]
        [PJC]
  
     Duke's coronet. See Illust. of Coronet.
  
     To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner. See under
        Dine.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Duke \Duke\ (d[=u]k) v. i.
     To play the duke. [Poetic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. -- Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  duke \duke\ (d[=u]k) v. t.
     To beat with the fists. [slang]
     [PJC]
  
     to duke it out to fight; -- usually implying, to fight with
        the fists; to settle a dispute by fighting with the fists.
        See duke, n. sense 4.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Duke \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Duke \Duke\, v. i.
     To play the duke. [Poetic]
  
           Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. -- Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  duke
       n 1: a British peer of the highest rank
       2: a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  duke
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ο δούκας
     2 (ετ αργκό en) η γροθιά (το σφιγμένο χέρι, συνήθως στον πληθυντικό)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  duke
     Basque vb.
     (lb eu Northern or archaic) (eu-verb form of/new izan nor-nork hark
  hura futi)
     Bikol Central n.
     (l en duke)
     n.
     1 The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: (m en duchess)).
     2 The sovereign of a small state.
     3 A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
     4 A grand duke.
     5 Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus (taxlink
  Bassarona genus) and (taxlink Dophla genus).
     6 (lb en slang usually in the plural) A fist.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive informal) To hit or beat with the fists.
     Tagalog n.
     (l en duke)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Duke
     n.
     The title of a duke.
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (given name en male from=English); mostly US and
  rather rare.
     2 (lb en countable) (surname en from=occupations) for service in the
  household of a duke, or from a nickname.
     3 (lb en informal) (ng: A male nickname.)
     4 # (lb en informal usually with the definite article) The American
  actor (w: John Wayne).
     5 (lb en informal) {ellipsis of|en|(w lang=en Duke
  University)|dot=,} a private university in Durham, North Carolina,
  USA.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  duke
     n.
     1 The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: (m en duchess)).
     2 The sovereign of a small state.
     3 A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
     4 A grand duke.
     5 Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus (taxlink
  Bassarona genus) and (taxlink Dophla genus).
     6 (lb en slang usually in the plural) A fist.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive informal) To hit or beat with the fists.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Duke
     n.
     The title of a duke.
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (given name en male from=English); mostly US and
  rather rare.
     2 (lb en countable) (surname en from=occupations) for service in the
  household of a duke, or from a nickname.
     3 (lb en informal) (ng: A male nickname.)
     4 # (lb en informal usually with the definite article) The American
  actor (w: John Wayne).
     5 (lb en informal) {ellipsis of|en|(w lang=en Duke
  University)|dot=,} a private university in Durham, North Carolina,
  USA.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  duke
     Basque vb.
     (lb eu Northern or archaic) (eu-verb form of/new izan nor-nork hark
  hura futi)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm duk t=duke id=duke)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Duke
     n.
     The title of a duke.
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (given name en male from=English); mostly US and
  rather rare.
     2 (lb en countable) (surname en from=occupations) for service in the
  household of a duke, or from a nickname.
     3 (lb en informal) (ng: A male nickname.)
     4 # (lb en informal usually with the definite article) The American
  actor (w: John Wayne).
     5 (lb en informal) {ellipsis of|en|(w lang=en Duke
  University)|dot=,} a private university in Durham, North Carolina,
  USA.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  duke
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm duk t=duke id=duke)
     n.
     1 The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: (m en duchess)).
     2 The sovereign of a small state.
     3 A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
     4 A grand duke.
     5 Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus (taxlink
  Bassarona genus) and (taxlink Dophla genus).
     6 (lb en slang usually in the plural) A fist.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive informal) To hit or beat with the fists.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Duke
     n.
     The title of a duke.
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (given name en male from=English); mostly US and
  rather rare.
     2 (lb en countable) (surname en from=occupations) for service in the
  household of a duke, or from a nickname.
     3 (lb en informal) (ng: A male nickname.)
     4 # (lb en informal usually with the definite article) The American
  actor (w: John Wayne).
     5 (lb en informal) {ellipsis of|en|(w lang=en Duke
  University)|dot=,} a private university in Durham, North Carolina,
  USA.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  duke
     Englanti n.
     herttua
     Englanti vb.
     (slangi: AmE) motata, lyödä nyrkillä; (''duke it out'') tapella
  (nyrkein), mäiskiä, mitellä voimiaan

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  duke
     Engelska n.
     hertig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Duke /djˈuːk/
  الدوق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk// 
  1. велик херцог
  grand duke
  2. херцог, дук
  male holder of a dukedom
  3. дук, хе́рцог
  male ruler of a duchy
  4. юмрук
  slang: fist

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  duke /djˈuːk/ 
  vévoda

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  duke /djˈuːk/
  kníže

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  duke /djˈuːk/
  velkovévoda

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  duke /djˈuːk/
  Herzog  [soc.]
   see: dukes
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  duke /djˈuːk/
  
  δούκας

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk// 
  1. suurherttua
  grand duke
  2. herttua 2.
  male ruler of a duchy
   3.
  male holder of a dukedom

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  duke /djˈuːk/ 
  1. राजा{इंग्लैंड~में~पदवी

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  duke /djˈuːk/
  knez, vojvoda

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  duke /djˈuːk/
  1. mancs
  2. herceg
  3. ököl
  4. kéz
  5. pracli

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk// 
  adipati 2.
  male holder of a dukedom
   3.
  male ruler of a duchy

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk// 
  公爵
  male ruler of a duchy

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk// 
  hertug 2.
  male ruler of a duchy
   3.
  male holder of a dukedom

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  duke /ˈdju:k/ 
    książę

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  duke /djuːk/
  duque

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk// 
  hertig 2.
  male ruler of a duchy
   3.
  male holder of a dukedom

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  duke /djˈuːk/
  1. dük dukedom  dukalık.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  duke
  duke

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈduk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "duke":
     Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood,
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 公爵;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 公爵

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