Bible Dictionaries
Duke

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A leader; a chief; a prince.

(2):

(v. i.) To play the duke.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Duke'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/duke.html. 1828.