duc
duc noun: a French duke.
Noun
duc (plural ducs)
- A French duke.
- The ambition of modern ducs and duchesses is not to appear as heroes and heroines of historic renown, but to represent gods and goddesses and fairies, buds and blossoms from the garden, starry constellations from the celestial world.1868 May, “Our Monthly Gossip”, in Lippincott’s Magazine of Literature, Science and Education, volume I, page 560, column 1
- Ary Scheffer, the drawing-master of the young Orleans princesses, offered to go with Thiers and procure him an audience of the duc or duchesse, or Madame Adélaïde.1877 December 15, Emily Crawford, “M. Thiers: A Sketch from Life”, in Littell’s Living Age, volume CXXXV / fifth series, volume XX, number 1748, Boston, Mass.: Littell and Gay, page 679, column 2
Examples of duc in a sentence
- “This is an outrage!” he said, speaking in the justly incensed tone which French ducs always employ when they have had woollen rabbits shot off their heads.1932, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Hot Water”, in Collier’s, volume 90, page 25:
- I had persistently applied myself to learn from the old ducs and duchesses who had been best-informed on the court of their time.1963, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, translated by Sanche de Gramont, “How Saint-Simon Became Interested in Ducal Dignities (1711)”...
- There was one kind of curtsy for the king and queen, another for princes and princesses of the blood, one for ducs and duchesses, and still another for lesser mortals.1989, Penelope Williamson, Hearts Beguiled, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 349:
- It is not recorded that any of the French ducs reacted to this incursion on their territory.2000, Mary Gentle, The Wild Machines (The Book of Ash; 3), New York, N.Y.: Eos, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 11:
Forms of duc
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Origin of duc
From French duc. Doublet of doge, duce, duke, and dux.
Phrases with duc
Questions about duc
- What does duc mean?
- Duc means a French duke.
- How do you use duc in a sentence?
- “This is an outrage!” he said, speaking in the justly incensed tone which French ducs always employ when they have had woollen rabbits shot off their heads.
- What part of speech is duc?
- Duc is a noun.
- What is the plural of duc?
- The plural of duc is ducs.
Words near duc in the dictionary
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