duke

[ US /ˈduk/ ]
[ UK /djˈuːk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a British peer of the highest rank
  2. a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use duke In A Sentence

  • Calis, and so on the mondaie following, [Sidenote: Iohn Hall executed.] he was drawne from the Tower to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled, headed, and quartered: his head being sent to Calis there to be set vp, where the duke was murthered. Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV
  • The duke bowed to the Queen.
  • And when they espied the duke’s daughter, that was a full fair woman, then by their false covin they made debate betwixt themself, and the duke of his goodness would have departed them, and there they slew him and his eldest son. Chapter XV. The Thirteenth Book. How Sir Galahad Fought with the Knights of the Castle, and Destroyed the Wicked Custom
  • They tell me that his father was made what they call a baronet because he set a broken arm for one of those twenty royal dukes that England has to pay for. The Fixed Period
  • The dinner has highlighted the difficulty for the duke and duchess of how careful they should be about where their charitable donations come from. Times, Sunday Times
  • That was an independent province until Duke Francis died, leaving his daughter Anne as his only heir.
  • The duke and duchess were caught up in a minor earthquake in Assam last night. Times, Sunday Times
  • Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
  • Duke also points out that freshwater black bass, the familiar largemouth and smallmouth, are found in 49 of the 50 states.
  • For it is hard not to agree with Lucio that the Duke is a ‘seemer’ manipulating the other characters for the perpetuation and exaltation of his own power.
View all