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GRAND DUKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grand duke mean?
• GRAND DUKE (noun)
The noun GRAND DUKE has 1 sense:
1. a prince who rules a territory
Familiarity information: GRAND DUKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A prince who rules a territory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("grand duke" is a kind of...):
prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))
Instance hyponyms:
Ivan III; Ivan III Vasilievich; Ivan the Great (grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505))
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