duke

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

duke
    n 1: a British peer of the highest rank
    2: a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Duke \Duke\ (d[=u]k) v. i.
   To play the duke. [Poetic]
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         Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. -- Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

duke \duke\ (d[=u]k) v. t.
   To beat with the fists. [slang]
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   {to duke it out} to fight; -- usually implying, to fight with
      the fists; to settle a dispute by fighting with the fists.
      See duke, n. sense 4.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Duke \Duke\ (d[=u]k), n. [F. duc, fr. L. dux, ducis, leader,
   commander, fr. ducere to lead; akin to AS. te['o]n 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.]
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            Hannibal, duke of Carthage.           --Sir T.
                                                  Elyot.
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            All were dukes once, who were "duces" -- captains or
            leaders of their people.              --Trench.
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   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.
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   3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without
      the title of king.
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   4. pl. The fists; as, put up your dukes. [slang]
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   {Duke's coronet}. See Illust. of {Coronet}.

   {To dine with Duke Humphrey}, to go without dinner. See under
      {Dine}.
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from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Duke
derived from the Latin dux, meaning "a leader;" Arabic, "a
sheik." This word is used to denote the phylarch or chief of a
tribe (Gen. 36:15-43; Ex. 15:15; 1 Chr. 1:51-54).

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Duke, MO
  Zip code(s): 65461
Duke, OK
  Zip code(s): 73532

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "duke":
      Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood,
      count, daimio, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee,
      hidalgo, lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate,
      magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave,
      patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell,
      thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave