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archduke

archduke noun: the son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Noun

archduke (plural archdukes)

  1. (historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    • World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.
  2. (historical) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.

archduke meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

archduke in Tamil

பெரும் கோமகன், ஆஸ்டிரியப் பேரரசரின் மகன்

archduke in Tagalog

rank
artsiduke

archduke in Arabic

rank
أَرْشِيدُوق ʔaršīdūq

archduke in Indonesian

rank
adipati utama
More languagesFewer languages
archduke in Persian
آرشیدوک âršiduk
archduke in Thai
อาร์ชดุ๊ก, อาร์ชดยุก

Forms of archduke

pluralarchdukes

Plural of archduke: archdukes

Origin of archduke

From Middle French archeduc (modern French archiduc), from Latin archidux. Equivalent to arch- + duke.

Words formed from archduke

Questions about archduke

What does archduke mean?
Archduke means the son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
What is archduke in Tamil?
Archduke in Tamil is பெரும் கோமகன், ஆஸ்டிரியப் பேரரசரின் மகன். See Archduke meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is archduke?
Archduke is a noun.
What is the plural of archduke?
The plural of archduke is archdukes.

Words near archduke in the dictionary

  1. archducal
  2. archduchess
  3. archduchesses
  4. archduchies
  5. archduchy
  6. archduke
  7. archdukedom
  8. archdukedoms
  9. archdukes
  10. arche
  11. arche-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archduke (page history and authors); archduke (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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