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Prince :: Prince (a.) A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family..

Dukeship :: Dukeship (n.) The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke..

Archducal :: Archducal (a.) Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.

Assibilation :: Assibilation (n.) Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch..

Dukedom :: Dukedom (n.) The territory of a duke.

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France)..

Title :: Title (n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc..

Peer :: Peer (n.) A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm..

Fitz :: Fitz (n.) A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence..

Grand-ducal :: Grand-ducal (a.) Of or pertaining to a grand duke.

Duke :: Duke (v. i.) To play the duke.

Archdukedom :: Archdukedom (n.) An archduchy.

Dukeling :: Dukeling (n.) A little or insignificant duke.

Archduchy :: Archduchy (n.) The territory of an archduke or archduchess.

Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..

Ducal :: Ducal (a.) Of or pertaining to a duke.

Caduke :: Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.

Duke :: Duke (n.) A leader; a chief; a prince.

Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..

Archduke :: Archduke (n.) A prince of the imperial family of Austria.

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