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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.

The territory of a duke.

A little or insignificant duke. Ford.

The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke. Massinger.

A prince of the imperial family of Austria.

An archduchy.

Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] Hickes. The caduke pleasures of his world. Bp. Fisher.

A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.

To deprive of dukedom. Swift.

An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.

e sense of any of the words, but from its admitting of a double construction; e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose." Whately.

ake before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.

The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.

The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash.

Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to - shun, duke to ditch.

decline; latter portion; third stage. Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the duke's favor. Fuller. Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. Wordsworth.

Merely; only. R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak.

hangers-on of an army. [Obs.] A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612).

f which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Médoc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, Europ…