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Grand duke

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
  2. 2
    a prince who rules a territory wordnet
  3. 3
    Son, daughter, or grandchild of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian is grand prince.)

Etymology

From grand + duke, after Middle French and French grand duc /grand-duc, itself after titles in other languages, especially Italian granduca, German Großherzog, and Russian вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ). Doublet of grand-duc.

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