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a man of very highrankin acountry, or therulerof asmallindependentcountry 公爵;小公国的君主- Theyclaimto bedescendantsof aFrenchduke.
- Theytracetheirlineofdescentback to aFrenchduke.
- The duke isdesirousofmeetingyou.
- TheorderofprecedencefortitlednobilityinBritainis duke,marquis,earl,viscount,baron.
- Theplayrevolvesround thebetrothalof a duke to a doctor'sdaughter.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesRoyalty, aristocracy & titles - accede tosomething
- accession
- anointed
- anti-monarchical
- anti-monarchist
- dukedom
- earl
- earldom
- emir
- emperor
- Messrs
- miss
- mister
- monarch
- monarchist
- royal prerogative
- royalist
- Rt. Hon.
- Shah
- sheikh
See more results » duke it out tofightwithfists(=closedhands): In theopeningscene, Bond and hisadversaryare duking it out ontopof atrain. tocompeteorargueagainst each other: Smalleruniversitiescouldloseout if they have to duke it out forfunding. See more (Definition ofdukefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- And finally, as you saw, she drove off to the house of the duke, still in high good humor.
- It was the king and the duke.
- The duke was thinking he'd been doing pretty well till the king come to show up, but after that he didn't think so so much.
- There is only one difficulty, duke.
- Whatever he might pretend, the duke secretly confessed his son's superiority and his genius for intrigue, and he was now extremely anxious to consult him.
a man of very highrankin acountry, or therulerof asmallindependentcountry 公爵;小公国的君主 - Theyclaimto bedescendantsof aFrenchduke.
- Theytracetheirlineofdescentback to aFrenchduke.
- The duke isdesirousofmeetingyou.
- TheorderofprecedencefortitlednobilityinBritainis duke,marquis,earl,viscount,baron.
- Theplayrevolvesround thebetrothalof a duke to a doctor'sdaughter.
duke| American Dictionary(in somecountries) atitleof a man who has a very highsocialrankor who is therulerof asmall,independentcountry, or thepersonhimself (Definition ofdukefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofdukeduke Florence's identity and fame rested upon its place as the showpiece of the grand dukes' patronage, taste, and power.From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, the totally uncompromising politics of thisduke, in particular, can hardly be explained in any other way.From theCambridge English Corpus And tomorrow thedukewill be on his way !From theCambridge English Corpus Fears of a military mutiny were not limited to the duke's opponents.From theCambridge English Corpus Here other commentators made the allegations swirling about thedukepositively lethal.From theCambridge English Corpus By 1857, the sixthdukecould not on his own ensure the return of any candidate.From theCambridge English Corpus Such a move is sometimes called adukemove.From theCambridge English Corpus The following extract, written as a retrospective summary, makes the duke's affinities to the political language of neo-classicism most explicit.From theCambridge English Corpus Successive dukes had introduced linen and wool manufacturing into the parish.From theCambridge English Corpus His involvement in mining technology and geology resulted from his need to advise thedukeon policy issues.From theCambridge English Corpus The significance of the duke's two devices has been the subject of some discussion.From theCambridge English Corpus In other words, if adukecan always escape from a 5-devil, then a 4-angel can escape from a 1-devil.From theCambridge English Corpus These dukes have their own domains and political regimes, and seek to develop independently.From theCambridge English Corpus These clerics were likely to be younger sons of the aristocracy thus of the same social class as the dukes themselves.From theCambridge English Corpus Nowdukemoves turn into 4-angel moves.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/duke## |