Duke

n.	1.	A leader; a chief; a prince. Hannibal, duke of Carthage. - Sir T. Elyot. All were dukes once, who were "duces" - captains or leaders of their people. - Trench.
	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; as, put up your dukes. Duke's coronet See Illust. of Coronet. To dine with Duke Humphrey to go without dinner. See under Dine.
v. i.	1.	To play the duke. Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To beat with the fists. 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.

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

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