different between duke vs governor

English

Etymology

From Old French duc, through Middle English duke, from Latin dux, ducis. Displaced native Old English heretoga. Was present as duc in late Old English, from the same Latin source. Doublet of dux and doge.

The “fist” sense is thought to be Cockney rhyming slang where “Duke(s) of York” = fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dju?k/, /d?u?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d(j)u?k/
• Rhymes: -u?k
• Homophone: juke (with yod coalescence)

Noun

duke (plural dukes)

1. The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
2. The sovereign of a small state.
3. A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

   Hypernyms: title, holder

   Coordinate terms: baron, count, countess, earl, marquis, marquess, viscount, prince, monarch

4. A grand duke.
5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla.
6. (slang, usually in the plural) A fist.

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Verb

duke (third-person singular simple present dukes, present participle duking, simple past and past participle duked)

1. (transitive, informal) To hit or beat with the fists.
2. (slang, transitive) To give cash to; to give a tip to.

   Synonym: tip

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References

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?duk?]

Particle

duke

1. A particle which precedes a participle to form a gerundive adverbial phrase.

   duke kënduar — (while) singing, by singing

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish duque (“duke”).

Noun

duke

1. duke

Middle English

Alternative forms

• duk, duc, duyk, doyk, dug

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diu?k/

Noun

duke (plural dukes)

1. leader, guide, commander, boss
2. noble, lord
3. duke (rank of nobility)

Related terms

• duchesse
• dukedom
• duche

Descendants

• English: duke
• Scots: duik, duke

References

• “d?k, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Scots

Verb

duke (third-person singular present dukes, present participle dukin, past dukit, past participle dukit)

1. to cut into a queue, without permission (intransitive); to cut into a queue in front of someone (transitive)

   Oi, dinnae duke us!

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish duque (“duke”).

Noun

duke

1. duke

English

Alternative forms

• gouernour, gouvernor, gouvernour, governer, governour (all obsolete)
• guvnah, guvnuh (both informal)

Etymology

From Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (kubern?t?s, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from ???????? (kuberná?, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”), of disputed origin. Doublet of gubernator.

Pronunciation

• (UK, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /???v(?)n?(?)/
• (US, rhotic) IPA^(key): /???v??n??/
• (US, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /???v?n?(?)/
• (US, rhotic, r-dissimilation) IPA^(key): /???v?n??/

Noun

governor (plural governors, feminine governess)

1. (politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.
   • 1999, Karen O'Connor, The essentials of American government: continuity and change, p 17

     Younger voters are more libertarian in political philosophy than older voters and are credited with the success of libertarian governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota

2. A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
3. A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.
   • Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, www.federalreserve.gov (November 6, 2009)

     The seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

4. (informal) Father.
5. (informal) Boss, employer.
6. (grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
7. (dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
8. (nautical) A pilot; a steersman.

Synonyms

• (head of a province): viceroy (of large divisions of a kingdom or empire); proconsul (of Roman regions, historical); bailiff, seneschal, intendant (of French regions, historical); tao tai (obsolete), circuit intendant, intendant, daotai (of Chinese regions, historical); provost (obsolete); gubernator (now humorous)

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Translations

Middle English

Noun

governor

1. Alternative form of governour