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Webster 1913 Edition

Duke

Duke

(dūk)
,
Noun.
[F.
duc
, fr. L.
dux
,
ducis
, leader, commander, fr.
ducere
to lead; akin to AS.
teón
to draw; cf. AS.
heretoga
(
here
army) an army leader, general, G.
herzog
duke. See
Tue
, and cf.
Doge
,
Duchess
,
Ducat
,
Duct
,
Adduce
,
Deduct
.]
1.
A leader; a chief; a prince.
[Obs.]
Hannibal,
duke
of Carthage.
Sir T. Elyot.
All were
dukes
once, who were “duces” – captains or leaders of their people.
Trench.
2.
In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.
3.
In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king.
Duke’s coronet
.
See Illust. of
Coronet
.
–
To dine with Duke Humphrey
,
to go without dinner. See under
Dine
.

Duke

(dūk)
Verb.
I.
To play the duke.
[Poetic]
Lord Angelo
dukes
it well in his absence.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Duke

DUKE

,
Noun.
[G., L, to lead; to draw, to tug. Gr.]
1.
In Great Britain, one of the highest order of nobility; a title of honor or nobility next below the princes; as the Duke of Bedford or of Cornwall.
2.
In some countries on the Continent, a sovereign prince, without the title of king; as the Duke of Holstein, of Savoy, of Parma, &c.
3.
A chief; a prince; as the dukes of Edom. Genesis 36.

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