n.
Pronunciation: ' dük also ' dyük
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duc, from Latin duc-, dux, from ducere to lead ― more at TOW
Date: 12th century
1 : a sovereign male ruler of a continental European duchy
2 : a nobleman of the highest hereditary rank especially : a member of the highest grade of the British peerage
3 [probably from dukes of York, rhyming slang for fork (hand, fist)] slang : FIST , HAND ― usually used in plural
– duke · dom \ -d ə m \ noun