FIRST DUKE OF WELLINGTON

Meaning of FIRST DUKE OF WELLINGTON in English

Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), British general who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, prime minister of England (1828-1830)

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WELLINGTON — County: Hereford and Worcester Post Code: HR4
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WELLINGTON — I. noun Etymology: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of ~ Date: 1817 a boot having a loose top with the front …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WELLINGTON — City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 165,945), port, and capital of New Zealand. It is located at the southern shore of the …
Английский словарь Британика
DUKE — I European title of nobility, the highest rank below a prince or king except in countries having such titles as …
Английский словарь Британика
WELLINGTON — I. ˈweliŋtən noun or wellington boot ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRST — I. ˈfərst, ˈfə̄st, ˈfəist adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrst; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUKE — I. ˈd(y)ük noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English duc, duke, from Old French duc, from Latin duc-, dux leader, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUKE — (v. i.) To play the duke.
Английский словарь Webster
DUKE — ( v. i. ) To play the duke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WELLINGTON — /wel"ing teuhn/ , n. 1. 1st Duke of ( Arthur Wellesley ) (" the Iron Duke" ), 1769-1852, British general …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRST — — firstness , adj. /ferrst/ , adj. 1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DUKE — /doohk, dyoohk/ , n. , v. , duked, duking . n. 1. (in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a …
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WELLINGTON — n. style of high waterproof boot that reaches to the knees and is cut lower behind the knee (generally used …
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WELLINGTON — n. seaport and capital of New Zealand; name of several places in Canada; family name; First Duke of Wellington (1769-1852, …
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FIRST — I. ˈfərst adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrst; akin to Old High German furist first, Old English faran …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DUKE — I. ˈdük also ˈdyük noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duc, from Latin duc-, dux, from ducere to lead — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WELLINGTON — I. ˈwe-liŋ-tən noun Etymology: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Date: 1817 : a boot having a loose top with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DUKE — vi to play the duke. 2. duke ·noun a leader; a chief; a prince. 3. duke ·noun in some european …
Webster English vocab
WELLINGTON — (also ~ boot ) ■ noun Brit. a knee-length waterproof rubber or plastic boot. Origin C19: named after the British …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DUKE — ■ noun 1》 a male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages. 2》 chiefly historical …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIRST — [first] adj [ME, fr. OE fyrst; akin to OHG furist first, OE faran to go--more at fare] (bef. 12c): preceding …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DUKE — [duke] n [ME, fr. OF duc, fr. L duc-, dux, fr. ducere to lead--more at tow] (12c) 1: a sovereign …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WELLINGTON — [Wel.ling.ton] n [Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington] (1817): a boot having a loose top with the front usu. coming …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DUKE — feminine duchess a European title of nobility, having ordinarily the highest rank below a prince or king (except in countries …
Britannica English vocabulary
WELLINGTON — town ("parish"), Taunton Deane district, administrative and historic county of Somerset, England, just west-southwest of Taunton. The first duke of …
Britannica English vocabulary
WELLINGTON — Wellington, w~ BrE AmE ˈwel ɪŋ tən —but in New Zealand, locally usually ˈwæl- ▷ Wellington|s, ~'s z ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIRST — first BrE AmE fɜːst AmE fɝːst ▷ firsts fɜːsts AmE fɝːsts ▶ ˌ first ˈ aid BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DUKE — duke, Duke BrE AmE djuːk ⇨dʒuːk AmE duːk djuːk ▷ dukes, Duke's djuːks ⇨dʒuːks AmE duːks djuːks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WELLINGTON — / ˈwelɪŋtən; NAmE / (also ˌwellington ˈboot , informal welly ) (all BrE ) ( NAmE ˌrubber ˈboot ) noun …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — / fɜːst; NAmE fɜːrst/ determiner , ordinal number , adverb , noun ■ determiner , ordinal number 1. happening or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DUKE — / djuːk; NAmE duːk/ noun 1. a nobleman of the highest rank : the Duke of Edinburgh 2. (in some …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WELLINGTON — wel ‧ ling ‧ ton /ˈwelɪŋtən/ BrE AmE ( also ˌwellington ˈboot ) noun [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WELLINGTON — I. Wellington BrE AmE the capital city of New Zealand, on the ↑ North Island , the country's second largest …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRST — I. first 1 S1 W1 /fɜːst $ fɜːrst/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fyrst ] 1 …
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DUKE — I. Duke, David BrE AmE (1950–) a former Grand Wizard of the ↑ Ku Klux Klan , who tried to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DUKE — duke /djuːk $ duːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: duc , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WELLINGTON — n. (in full wellington boot) Brit. a waterproof rubber or plastic boot usu. reaching the knee. [after the 1st Duke …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DUKE — n. (as a title usu. Duke) 1 a a person holding the highest hereditary title of the nobility. b a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WELLINGTON — n. (in full wellington boot) Brit. a waterproof rubber or plastic boot usu. reaching the knee. [ after the 1st …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DUKE — n. (as a title usu. Duke) 1 a a person holding the highest hereditary title of the nobility. b a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WELLINGTON — n. (in full wellington boot) Brit. a waterproof rubber or plastic boot usu. reaching the knee. Etymology: after the 1st …
Oxford English vocab
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Oxford English vocab
DUKE — n. (as a title usu. Duke) 1. a a person holding the highest hereditary title of the nobility. b a …
Oxford English vocab
WELLINGTON — ( wellingtons) Wellingtons or wellington boots are long rubber boots which you wear to keep your feet dry. ( mainly …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — ( firsts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The first thing, person, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DUKE — ( dukes) A duke is a man with a very high social rank. ...the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. …
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WELLINGTON — (~s) Wellingtons or ~ boots are long rubber boots which you wear to keep your feet dry. (mainly BRIT; in …
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FIRST — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The ~ thing, person, event, …
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WELLINGTON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES wellington boots British English , rubber boots American English (= rubber boots that stop your …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRST — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a first offence ▪ Because it was a first offence, she was not sent …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DUKE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Albeit for different reasons, Boris Yeltsin knows what the duke meant. ▪ But his heir, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELLINGTON — (boot), [informal] welly, [informal] wellie, ANZ gumboot [esp. UK] - a waterproof bootHe left his muddy wellingtons outside the back …
Cambridge English vocab
FIRST — [adjective], [adverb] [not gradable], [noun], [pronoun] - (a person or thing) coming before all others in order, time, amount, quality …
Cambridge English vocab
DUKE — n. Alba Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel 3rd duke de Berry Jean de France duke de Broglie Louis Victor …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DUKE — n. European title of nobility, the highest rank below a prince or king except in countries having such titles as …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WELLINGTON — n. City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 165,945), port, and capital of New Zealand. It is located at the southern shore of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIRST — Synonyms and related words : ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, ahead, alpha, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, arch, at first, at the …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Slang English vocab
WELLINGTON — Classification: City Located in: Utah (UT) Total Population (2000): 1666 Total Housing Units (2000): 661 Land Area (square meters): 9105875 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
WELLINGTON — noun Wellington is used before these nouns: ↑ boot
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIRST — See ↑ BEFORE 1, ↑ FIRST 1,1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a first • ↑ at first/initially • ↑ be first/come …
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