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duke
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)
- The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
- The sovereign of a small state.
- 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
- A grand duke.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A fist.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
duke (third-person singular simple present dukes, present participle duking, simple past and past participle duked)
- (transitive, informal) To hit or beat with the fists.
- (slang, transitive) To give cash to; to give a tip to.
- Synonym: tip
Derived terms
References
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?duk?]
Particle
duke
- 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
- 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)
- leader, guide, commander, boss
- noble, lord
- 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)
- 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
- duke
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viscounts
English
Noun
viscounts
- plural of viscount
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