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English

Etymology

From Old (and modern) French duc, from Latin dux.

Pronunciation

IPA: /dju:k/ (Commonwealth), /du:k/ (US)


Noun

  1. The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess).
  2. A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
  3. Grand duke.
  4. (slang, usually in plural dukes) A fist.
  5. : Put up your dukes!
  6. : This is thought to be derived from Wikipedia:Cockney rhyming slang|Cockney rhyming slang where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Duke \Duke\ (d[=u]k) v. i.
To play the duke. [Poetic]
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Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. -- Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
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Hannibal, duke of Carthage. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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All were dukes once, who were "duces" -- captains or
leaders of their people. --Trench.
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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.
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3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without
the title of king.
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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.
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WordNet duke
n 1: a British peer of the highest rank
2: a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
Moby Dictionary
Brahman , archduke , aristocrat , armiger , baron , baronet , blue blood ,
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


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).
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