Dictionary
duke
Pronunciation: (dOOk, dyOOk), [key]
—n., v., duked, duk•ing.
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n.
1. (in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.
2. a British nobleman holding the highest hereditary title outside the royal family, ranking immediately below a prince and above a marquis; a member of the highest rank of the British peerage. Cf.
royal duke.
3. a nobleman of corresponding rank in certain other countries.
4. a cultivated hybrid of the sweet and sour cherry.
5. dukes, Slang.fists; hands:
Put up your dukes.
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v.t.
1. Slang.to hit or thrash with the fists (sometimes fol. by
out):
He duked me because he said I had insulted him. The bully said he was going to duke out anyone who disagreed.
2. duke it out, to fight, esp. with the fists; do battle:
The adversaries were prepared to duke it out in the alley. Duke
Pronunciation: (dOOk, dyOOk), [key]—
n.
1. Benjamin Newton, 1855–1929, and his brother,
James Buchanan, 1856–1925, U.S. industrialists.
2. a male given name.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
