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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): 73532From 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 rankFrom 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 voimiaanFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
duke Engelska n. hertigFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Duke /djˈuːk/ الدوقFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]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
duke /djˈuːk/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vévoda
duke /djˈuːk/ knížeFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
duke /djˈuːk/ velkovévodaFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
duke /djˈuːk/ HerzogFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ][soc.] see: dukes
duke /djˈuːk/ δούκαςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. suurherttua grand duke 2. herttua 2. male ruler of a duchy 3. male holder of a dukedom
duke /djˈuːk/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. राजा{इंग्लैंड~में~पदवी
duke /djˈuːk/ knez, vojvodaFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
duke /djˈuːk/ 1. mancs 2. herceg 3. ököl 4. kéz 5. pracliFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk//From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]adipati 2. male holder of a dukedom 3. male ruler of a duchy
duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk//From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]公爵 male ruler of a duchy
duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]hertug 2. male ruler of a duchy 3. male holder of a dukedom
duke /ˈdju:k/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]książę
duke /djuːk/ duqueFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
duke //d(j)uːk// //djuːk// //dʒuːk//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]hertig 2. male ruler of a duchy 3. male holder of a dukedom
duke /djˈuːk/ 1. dük dukedom dukalık.From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:nno-nob ]
duke dukeFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈduk/
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, waldgraveFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 公爵;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 公爵