n. | 1. | A leader; a chief; a prince. | ||||||
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. | |||||||
3. | In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king. | |||||||
4. | The fists;
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v. i. | 1. | To play the duke. | ||||||
v. t. | 1. | To beat with the fists.
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Noun | 1. | duke - a British peer of the highest rank |
2. | duke - a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank |
DUKE. The title given to those who are in the highest rank of nobility in England.
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