noun. A nobleman with the highest hereditary rank, especially a man of the highest grade of the peerage in Great Britain.

noun. A sovereign prince who rules an independent duchy in some European countries.

noun. Used as the title for such a nobleman.

noun. The fists.

noun. A type of cherry intermediate between a sweet and a sour cherry.

intransitive verb. To fight, especially with fists.

To play the duke.

noun. A dialectal (Scotch) form of duck.

noun. A vehicle having a victoria body suspended at the front on scroll-irons. At the rear is a rumble for a footman. It is sometimes driven by a postilion. Now called a ladies' driving-phaëton.

noun. A chief; a prince; a commander; a leader: as, “the dukes of Edom,”

noun. In Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, a hereditary title of nobility, ranking next below that of prince, but in some instances a sovereign title, as in those of the dukes of Burgundy, Normandy, Lorraine, etc. (see 3, below), or borne as his distinguishing title by a prince of the blood royal.

noun. A sovereign prince, the ruler of a state called a duchy.

noun. A name of the great eagle-owl of Europe, Bubo maximus, called grand-duc by the French.

noun. plural The fists.

intransitive verb. To play the duke.

transitive verb. To beat with the fists.

transitive verb. to fight; -- usually implying, to fight with the fists; to settle a dispute by fighting with the fists. See duke, n. sense 4.

noun. A leader; a chief; a prince.

noun. 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.

noun. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king.

noun. The fists.

noun. See Illust. of Coronet.

noun. to go without dinner. See under Dine.

noun. The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess).

noun. A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

noun. A grand duke.

noun. A fist.

verb. To hit or beat with the fists.

noun. a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank

noun. a British peer of the highest rank

"It is permitted to touch upon the habits and appearance of a truly great man; but to dwell upon the peculiarities of a duke, merely because he is a duke, is as much as to say he is your superior; a concession, I do not feel disposed to make in favour of any _mere duke_ in Christendom."

baron  count  countess  duke in  duke it  

ducal  duchess  duchy  

archduke  duke it out  dukedom  grand duke  put up one's dukes  

lord  noble  nobleman  

Baruch  Dubuque  Luke  Wouk  chook  

admiral  ambassador  baron  bishop  captain  

Brahman  archduke  aristocrat  armiger  baron  

duked  dukes  duking