Grand Duke Definition

noun
The sovereign ruler of a grand duchy, ranking just below a king.
Webster's New World
In czarist Russia, a prince of the royal family.
Webster's New World
A son or grandson of a czar in the male line.
American Heritage
Used as the title for such a nobleman.
American Heritage
Advertisement

Other Word Forms of Grand Duke

Noun

Singular:
grand duke
Plural:
grand-dukes

Origin of Grand Duke

  • Old French grant duc, from Latin grandis + dux, from the verb duco (“to lead”).

    From Wiktionary

Grand Duke Sentence Examples

  • On the 22nd of October 1715 Alexius' consort, the princess Charlotte, died, after giving birth to a son, the grand-duke Peter, afterwards Peter II.

  • On the 18th of February a "confession" was extorted from Alexius which implicated most of his friends, and he then publicly renounced the succession to the throne in favour of the baby grand-duke Peter Petrovich.

  • These decrees were issued together with a pastoral letter of Bishop de' Ricci, and were warmly approved by the grand-duke, at whose instance a national synod of the Tuscan bishops met at Florence on the 23rd of April 1787.

  • On being liberated he returned to Tuscany, and the grand duke Leopold II, knowing that he was popular with the masses, sent him to Leghorn to quell the disturbances.

  • He accepted, and on the Toth of January 1849, induced the grand duke to establish a national constituent assembly.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Advertisement

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to grand duke using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

GGRGRA

Words Ending With

EKEUKE

Unscrambles

grand duke

Words Starting With G and Ending With E

Starts With G & Ends With EStarts With GR & Ends With EStarts With G & Ends With KE

Word Length

10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With G10 Letter Words Ending With E