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ukases

ukases is the plural of ukase.

Meaning of ukase

Noun

ukase (plural ukases)

  1. An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler.
    • Many estates peopled with crown peasants have been, according to an ukase of Peter the Great, ceded to particular individuals on condition of establishing manufactories […]c. 1844, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy
  2. (figuratively) Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation
    • I knew a stunned plunge of disappointment and a bitter anger. What right had he to issue such an arbitrary ukase?1965, John Fowles, The Magus
    Synonyms:
    diktat

Questions about ukases

What is ukases the plural of?
Ukases is the plural of ukase.

Words near ukases in the dictionary

  1. UK plc
  2. Uk.S.S.R.
  3. ukambin
  4. UKAS
  5. ukase
  6. ukases
  7. ukay-ukay
  8. ukaz
  9. UKC
  10. UKCP
  11. uke

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