'Duke' definitions:
Definition of 'duke'
From: WordNet
noun
A British peer of the highest rank
noun
A nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
Definition of 'Duke'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Duke'
From: 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]
Definition of 'duke'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Duke'
From: 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).
Synonyms of 'duke'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Duke'
- Dukes,
- to duke it out,
- Duke's coronet,
- Dukes County,
- Dukes, MA,
- East Duke,
- duke ellington,
- duke of cumberland,
- duke of edinburgh,
- duke of lancaster,
- duke of marlborough,
- duke of wellington,
- duke of windsor,
- duke university,
- duke wayne,
- grand duke,
- iron duke,
- Dukes County, MA,
- East Duke, OK,
- To dine with Duke Humphrey,
- first duke of marlborough,
- first duke of wellington,
- duke of argyll's tea tree