duke

Definition

  • noun: a man of very high rank in the British nobility
  • noun: a sovereign male ruler of a continental European duchy
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: fight

Examples

  • Scientists 'duked it out' [='argued'] over the causes of global warming.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Hello! - What is your name? - I am Greta. - What happened to you? - All the girls in our village were taken. I was trying to reach duke Hammond's castle when I was caught. Hammond? Is he alive? - Does he still fight in my father's name? - You are the king's daughter? The night that king died, we were told all in the castle were slain. And William? Is the duke's son still alive? I don't know princess. What will they do to me? Do you remember when we were children begging for scraps, like those wretches? - Yes sister. (..)
    2012 Snow White and the Huntsman