duke : Idioms & Phrases

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duke ellington

  • noun United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
    Edward Kennedy Ellington; Ellington.
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duke of argyll's tea tree

  • noun deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
    Lycium barbarum; common matrimony vine; Lycium halimifolium.
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duke of cumberland

  • noun English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
    Butcher Cumberland; Cumberland; William Augustus.
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duke of edinburgh

  • noun Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
    Philip; Prince Philip.
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duke of lancaster

  • noun the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)
    John of Gaunt.
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duke of marlborough

  • noun English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
    Duke of Marlborough; John Churchill; Churchill.
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duke of wellington

  • noun British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
    First Duke of Wellington; Duke of Wellington; Wellington; Arthur Wellesley.
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duke of windsor

  • noun King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
    Edward VIII; Edward.
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duke university

  • noun a university in Durham, North Carolina
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duke wayne

  • noun United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
    Wayne; John Wayne.
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Duke's coronet

  • . See Illust. of Coronet.
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first duke of marlborough

  • noun English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
    Duke of Marlborough; John Churchill; Churchill.
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first duke of wellington

  • noun British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
    First Duke of Wellington; Duke of Wellington; Wellington; Arthur Wellesley.
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Grand duke

  • noun a prince who rules a territory
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  • . (a) A sovereign duke, inferior in rank to a king; as, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. (b) In Russia, a son of the Czar. (c) (Zoöl.) The European great horned owl or eagle owl (Bubo maximas).
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iron duke

  • noun British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
    First Duke of Wellington; Duke of Wellington; Wellington; Arthur Wellesley.
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To dine with Duke Humphrey

  • to go without dinner. See under Dine.
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