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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024duke /duk, dyuk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Government(in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy;
the ruler of a small state. - Governmenta British nobleman holding the highest hereditary title outside the royal family.
- Governmenta nobleman of corresponding rank in certain other countries.
- Slang Terms dukes, [plural] fists or hands:"Put up your dukes!'' he cried, urging him to a fight.
See -duc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024duke (do̅o̅k, dyo̅o̅k),USA pronunciation n., v., duked, duk•ing. n. - Government(in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy;
the sovereign of a small state. - Governmenta British nobleman holding the highest hereditary title outside the royal family, ranking immediately below a prince and above a marquis;
a member of the highest rank of the British peerage. Cf. royal duke. - Governmenta nobleman of corresponding rank in certain other countries.
- a cultivated hybrid of the sweet and sour cherry.
- Slang Terms dukes, fists;
hands:Put up your dukes.
v.t. - Slang Termsto hit or thrash with the fists (sometimes fol. by out):He duked me because he said I had insulted him. The bully said he was going to duke out anyone who disagreed.
- duke it out, to fight, esp. with the fists;
do battle:The adversaries were prepared to duke it out in the alley.
- Medieval Latin dux hereditary ruler of a small state, Latin: leader; see dux; dukes "fists'' of unclear derivation and perh. of distinct origin, originally
- Old French duc, dus, dux
- Middle English duke, duc, late Old English duc 1100–50
- Biographical Benjamin Newton, 1855–1929, and his brother, James Buchanan, 1856–1925, U.S. industrialists.
- a male given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: duke /djuːk/ n - a nobleman of high rank: in the British Isles standing above the other grades of the nobility
- the prince or ruler of a small principality or duchy
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French duc, from Latin dux leader |