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Definitions for Dukes

[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.
[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.
[6] Slang . to hit or thrash with the fists (sometimes followed by out ): He duked me because he said I had insulted him. The bully said he was going to duke out anyone who disagreed.
[7] duke it out , to fight, especially with the fists; do battle: The adversaries were prepared to duke it out in the alley.
[8] Benjamin Newton, 1855–1929, and his brother, James Buchanan, 1856–1925, U.S. industrialists.
[9] a male given name.
[10] slang the fists (esp in the phrase put your dukes up )
[11] a nobleman of high rank: in the British Isles standing above the other grades of the nobility
[12] the prince or ruler of a small principality or duchy

Words related to Dukes

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Origin of Dukes

1100–50; Middle English duke, duc, late Old English duc < Old French duc, dus, dux < Medieval Latin dux hereditary ruler of a small state, Latin: leader; see dux; dukes “fists” of unclear derivation and perhaps of distinct orig.

Other words from Dukes

Related adjective: ducal

Word origin for Dukes

C12: from Old French duc, from Latin dux leader

Synonyms for Dukes

aristocrat, archduchess, archduke, count, countess, duchess, emperor, empress, gentleman, gentlewoman, lady, lord, patrician, peer, prince, princess, royalty, blue blood, silk stocking