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

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

n. Used as the title for such a nobleman.

n. Slang A fist. Often used in the plural: Put up your dukes!

n. Botany A type of cherry intermediate between a sweet and a sour cherry.

verb-intransitive. To fight, especially with fists: duking it out.

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

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

n. A grand duke.

n. A fist.

v. To hit or beat with the fists.

n. A leader; a chief; a prince.

n. 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.

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

n. The fists.

verb-intransitive. To play the duke.

v. To beat with the fists.

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

n. 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.

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

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

n. plural The fists.

To play the duke.

n. A dialectal (Scotch) form of duck.

n. 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.

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

n. 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."

duked    dukes    duking   

nobleman    noble    lord   

grand-duke    duke palatine    to dine with duke humphrey    duke of exeter's daughter    earl    baron    nobility    marquess    marquis    count   

duchess    duchy    ducal   

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

leader    chief    prince   

Baruch    Dubuque    Luke    Wouk    chook    fluke    fuke    juke    kook    luke   

earl    emperor    prince    baron    queen    bishop    governor    nobleman    uncle    husband