duke
noun [ C ] uk/dʒuːk/ us/duːk/
公爵;小公国的君主
a man of very high rank in a country, or the ruler of a small independent country
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- They claim to be descendants of a French duke.
- They trace their line of descent back to a French duke.
- The duke is desirous of meeting you.
- The order of precedence for titled nobility in Britain is duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron.
- The play revolves round the betrothal of a duke to a doctor's daughter.