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 Definitions of DUKE  [duk, dyuk]  

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Definition of 'DUKE' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) duke
(in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.

2.  duke
a British nobleman holding the highest hereditary title outside the royal family, ranking immediately below a prince and above a marquis.

3.  duke
a nobleman of corresponding rank in certain other countries.

4.  duke
a cultivated hybrid of the sweet and sour cherry.

5.  duke
Slang. fists or hands.


Definition of 'DUKE' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) duke
a British peer of the highest rank

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


Definition of 'DUKE' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) Duke
a high-ranking European nobleman


Definition of 'DUKE' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) DUKE
a leader; a chief; a prince

2. (noun) DUKE
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. (noun) DUKE
in some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king

4. (verb) DUKE
to play the duke


Translation of 'DUKE' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a nobleman of the highest rank.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hertog Arabic flag Arabic: دوق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: херцог
Brazilian flag Brazilian: duque Czech flag Czech: vévoda German flag German: der Herzog
Danish flag Danish: hertug Greek flag Greek: δούκας Spanish flag Spanish: duque
Estonian flag Estonian: hertsog Farsi flag Farsi: دوک Finnish flag Finnish: herttua
French flag French: duc Hebrew flag Hebrew: דוּכָּס Hindi flag Hindi: इंग्लैंड में एक पदवी
Croatian flag Croatian: vojvoda Hungarian flag Hungarian: herceg Indonesian flag Indonesian: gelar bangsawan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hertogi Italian flag Italian: duca Japanese flag Japanese: 公爵
Korean flag Korean: 공작 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: hercogas Latvian flag Latvian: hercogs
Malay flag Malay: bangsawan Dutch flag Dutch: hertog Norwegian flag Norwegian: hertug
Polish flag Polish: książę Persian flag Persian: شخصيت برازنده مانند پادشا Pashto flag Pashto: غټ سړي لكه پاچا يا دوك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: duque Romanian flag Romanian: duce Russian flag Russian: герцог
Slovak flag Slovak: vojvoda Slovenian flag Slovenian: vojvoda Serbian flag Serbian: vojvoda
Swedish flag Swedish: hertig Thai flag Thai: ขุนนางชั้นสูงของอังกฤษ Turkish flag Turkish: dük
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 公爵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: герцог Urdu flag Urdu: امرا کے طبقے کا سبسے اعلی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: công tước Chinese flag Chinese: 公爵,(俚)手,拳头

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