Dukes

name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of duke form-of, plural
  2. 2
    One's parents. plural, plural-only, slang
  3. 3
    plural of Duke form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of duke form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    plural of Duke form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Dukes County. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Synonyms

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aristocratboxclashfightlordnobleman

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"By his new conquest the Channel Isles were included in Normandy, and oddly enough it was thus they became attached to the English crown, for when the Norman dukes, as kings of England, lost all their other French possessions, they retained the islands."

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