Duke : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Duke	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Duke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duke n a British peer of the highest rank a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duke \Duke\n. [F. duc, fr. L. dux, ducis, leader, commander, fr. ducere to lead; akin to AS. te[a2]n to draw; cf. AS. heretoga (here army) an army leader, general, G. herzog duke. See {Tue}, and cf. {Doge}, {Duchess}, {Ducat}, {Duct}, {Adduce}, {Deduct}.] 1. A leader; a chief; a prince. [Obs.] Hannibal, duke of Carthage. --Sir T. Elyot. All were dukes once, who were [bd]duces[b8] -- 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. {Duke's coronet}. See {Illust}. of {Coronet}. {To dine with Duke Humphrey}, to go without dinner. See under {Dine}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duke \Duke\, v. i. To play the duke. [Poetic] Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. -- Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Duke, MO Zip code(s): 65461 Duke, OK Zip code(s): 73532
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Duke derived from the Latin dux, meaning "a leader;" Arabic, "a sheik." This word is used to denote the phylarch or chief of a tribe (Gen. 36:15-43; Ex. 15:15; 1 Chr. 1:51-54).