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• It is of great importance that you act in a respectful manner towards the duke and duchess.From the entry respectful
• Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.From the entry hereditary
• A large crowd came to watch the boxers duke it out.From the entry duke it out
• The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.From the entry hall
• The candidates duked it out on the proposal for hours.From the entry duke it out
• I duked you in, and you're gonna betray them!From the entry duke in
• You got duked in to the elite.From the entry duke in
• I need to duke you up for the party tonight.From the entry duke up
• The car has been duked up with luxury accessories.From the entry duke up
• The carriage is heavy with the odors of sickness: sweat and menthol throat lollies duke it out.2011, Trent Jamieson, The Business of Death. From the entry throat lolly
• The adventitious disappearance of those nearer the throne than the duke had, moreover, set tongues awagging.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 30. From the entry adventitious
• Barmy were official attributes of the authority of the grand duke and later the tsar.2001, Barry Shifman, Guy Walton, editors, Gifts to the Tzars 1500-1700: Treasures from the Kremlin, Harry N. Abrams, →ISBN, page 148. From the entry barma
• Hitler later devised a fanciful plan to recoronate the duke King of England.2001, Richard Layman, Julie M. Rivett, editors, Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett 1921–1960, Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, →ISBN…. From the entry recoronate
• Duke Law School was Nixon's next training ground in persistence, success and frustration.1990, “Nixon”, in PBS. From the entry Gloomy Gus
• There was a duke in a black hat with a red plume.1936 June 5, Margaret Bell Houston, “Gypsy Weather”, in The Lincoln Star, volume 34, page 2. From the entry threemasted
• Special cases, such as duke : duchess, master : mistress, thief : thievess demand a separate mention.[1933, Leonard Bloomfield, “Morphologic Types”, in Language, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 238. From the entry thievess
• Duke happily trotted to the main stand Where Santa Paws sat, all dressed in red and looking very grand.2011, Blossom Albuquerque, Dashing Duke and His Dodgy Adventures, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry Santa Paws
• She isn't going to just fall into your lap like a ripe plum, my boy,” the duke insisted.2010, Adrienne Basso, How to Seduce a Sinner, page 43. From the entry like a ripe plum
• The duke had not taken advantage of this, but Bonaparte had later rewarded his magnanimity by having him put to death.2005 [1868–9], Anthony Briggs, transl., War and Peace, Penguin Classics, translation of Война́ и миръ by Leo Tolstoy, Volume I, Part 1…. From the entry magnanimity
• To some degree this business about titles supplanting last names also applies to nonroyal peers, such as your run-of-the-mill dukes.1988 January 22, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry nonroyal
• Because of her love for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC. From the entry bear
• Duke Orbal disallowed it on the grounds of fugacity.1983, Jack Vance, Cugel's Saga. From the entry fugacity
• Duke has hearty, calorie-ful eating on this pie.1960 February 11, Josephine Moody, “Reader’s Question Answered From 1891 Whitehouse Cookbook”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume XCII…. From the entry calorie-ful
• The duke, it appeared, took grave exception to what he regarded as unniecely remarks concerning him personally in Lady Sibell’s writing.1934 January 7, Charles E. Harner, “Over Seas”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LXVI, number 209, Atlanta, Ga., page ten A, column 1. From the entry unniecely
• Duke seems to be another of those high financieresses.1905 January 17, The Atlanta Constitution, volume XXXVII, number 216, Atlanta, Ga., page 6, column 1. From the entry financieress
• Any Bridgertonian will be familiar with their fair share of dukes, but the class was also occupied by marquises, earls, viscounts, barons and their families.2023, Catherine Curzon, Inside the World of Bridgerton: True Stories of Regency High Society, unnumbered page. From the entry Bridgertonian
• If rakish dukes were one's thing.2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Eloise Bridgerton. From the entry rakish
• The NBC reporter who came to the match on Wednesday told Lafferty "Come on, put up your dukes, we want to see some blood."2008, Jonathan Schaeffer, One Jump Ahead: Computer perfection at checkers, →ISBN, page 401. From the entry put up one's dukes
• There were marquises and vicomtesses and comtesses, ducs and duchesses, two Russian grand dukes, Marcel Proust, and the most prominent courtesans in Paris.2003, Patricia Beard, “A Bachelor Abroad, 1899”, in After the Ball: Gilded Age Secrets, Boardroom Betrayals, and the Party That Ignited…. From the entry duc
• Duke Ellington, the royal man of jazz, claimed he was the “world’s greatest cooker of eggs” and also swore by the stimulating nature of caviar.2001, Margie Lapanja, “Bread and Breakfast”, in Food Men Love: All-Time Favorite Recipes from Caesar Salad and Grilled Rib-Eye to Cinnamon…. From the entry cooker
• It was well known that both the grand dukes Vladimir and Cyril were campaigning to replace the tsar with the tsarevich under a regency.1994, Greg King, “Autumn of Delusions”, in The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia, Secaucus…. From the entry Vladimirovich
• Others had gone to the cellar but when the dukes continued to calmly sip their demi-tasses, Mary had decided she would, too.1992, Sybil Downing, Jane Valentine Barker, chapter 11, in Crown of Life: The Story of Mary Roberts Rinehart, Niwot, Colo.: Roberts…. From the entry demi-tasse
• It had not helped the duke to build himself a cannonproof stone chamber to sleep in for dread of vengeance after the assassination of Orleans.1948, Frances Winwar, The Saint and the Devil, page 33. From the entry cannonproof
• Towards the end of the interview, Kirkby frantically signalled Israel — the duke of York was approaching down the Privy Gallery that led to the 'red room'.2022, Victor Stater, Hoax: The Popish Plot that Never was, page 47. From the entry red room
• Both perfect homes are destroyed—and yet the two men remain effectively passive, locked in hang-ups while assorted protégés and allies do all the duking out and legwork.2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club. From the entry duke out
• How long the King would linger, even the duke could not guess, but in view of the altered succession, physical possession of the two heiresses-presumptive was vital.1971, Mary M. Luke, “A King and His Sisters”, in A Crown for Elizabeth, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, page 295. From the entry heiress-presumptive
• Even if they marry dukes they are classed apart as “American duchesses,” and the queen herself sets them carefully aside when selecting her ladies of honor.1911 June 10, “American Women, Coronations, and Courts”, in The Argonaut, volume LXVIII, number 1785, San Francisco, page 370. From the entry shopkeeperess

Meaning of duke

1. noun The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
2. noun The sovereign of a small state.
3. noun A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

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How do you use duke in a sentence?

Duke is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Put up your dukes!”

What is a short sentence with duke?

“Put up your dukes!”

What does duke mean?

Duke means the male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).