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proper noun
- A private university in North Carolina.
- (given name, male)
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noun
- The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess).
- A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
- Grand duke.
- (slang, usually in plural dukes) A fist.
- Put up your dukes!
- This is thought to be derived from Wikipedia:Cockney rhyming slang, Cockney rhyming slang where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.
Translations: - Dutch: hertog
- French: duc
- German: Herzog
- Italian: duca
- Spanish: duque
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(trans-top, male holder of a dukedom)
Etymology: From Old (and modern) French duc, from Latin dux.
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