Usually means: Noble rank below a monarch.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. Duke, duke: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. duke, the Duke: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. duke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. duke: Collins English Dictionary
  5. duke: Vocabulary.com
  6. Duke, duke: Wordnik
  7. duke: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Duke, duke: Wiktionary
  9. duke: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. duke: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. duke: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Duke, duke: Dictionary.com
  13. duke: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. duke: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Duke (G.I. Joe), Duke (Lombard), Duke (album), Duke (disambiguation), Duke (mascot), Duke (nickname), Duke (surname), Duke, The Duke (Joe Jackson album), The Duke (Lamb of God album), The Duke (TV series), The Duke (board game), The Duke (miniseries), The Duke (racehorse), The Duke (upcoming film), The Duke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Duke: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. duke: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. duke: Rhymezone
  19. Duke: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. duke: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Duke: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  22. Duke: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. duke: Free Dictionary
  24. duke: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. duke: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. duke: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DUKE: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Duke: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. duke: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  3. DUKE: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. duke: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Duke: Easton Bible
  2. DUKE: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Duke: Botanical Name listing of Plants

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. duke, duke, duke, duke, duke, duke: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. duke: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Duke-, THE DUKE, The Duke: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

(Note: See duked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
noun:  The sovereign of a small state.
noun:  A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
noun:  A grand duke.
noun:  Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla.
noun:  (slang, usually in the plural) A fist.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To hit or beat with the fists.
verb:  (slang, transitive) To give cash to; to give a tip to.
verb:  To perform the duties of, or rule over as, a duke.
noun:  The title of a duke.
noun:  (countable) A male given name from English; mostly US and rather rare.
noun:  (countable) A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of a duke, or from a nickname.
noun:  (informal) A male nickname.
noun:  (informal, usually with the definite article) The American actor John Wayne.
noun:  A place name:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri, United States.
noun:  A township in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.
noun:  (informal) Ellipsis of Duke University, a private university in Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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