Ha-Joon Chang

Imagine if all those kings and dukes hadn't commissioned those crazy cathedrals, paintings and music... we'd still be living in sticks and mud. Because none of those things made any economic sense. Human beings' capacity to 'waste time' is a miracle - but that's exactly what art is for.

South Korean Economist

Randy Pitchford

Duke Nukem' helped bridge the gap between games designed for adults and what they wanted in their entertainment as adults who also wanted to have fun. 'Duke Nukem' bridged that gap and helped bring those things together. It's one of the reasons it succeeded at the time.

American Businessman

Christine Keeler

He had a way with him. Before you had a chance to say no, he was there and done. That only happened to me once before, with a duke, who literally swept me off my feet, and before I knew what was happening, we'd done it. Another terrible mistake.

English Model

Kevin J. Anderson

I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too.

American Writer

Rose Namajunas

It's great that mixed martial arts allows people to still be in touch with their animal side and duke it out in a cage, but I think it's important: we're still nurturing beings, and we should still have compassion for each other.

American Athlete

Tim Crouch

Children and teenagers don't easily relate to stories about kings and dukes, and to tell only stories about kings and dukes is to ignore the regular people.

Director

Joe Maddon

If you don't have a team that can run, you have to put the big gloves on and duke it out.

Royce Gracie

The main thing is strategy. It's not just come in and duke it out and fight.

Brazilian Athlete

Jahlil Okafor

I didn't want to go to any school but Duke: the best of the best.

Kevin Knox

Understand that a duke is high in the noble hierarchy, just below royalty.

Peerage Hierarchy

Many dukes inherit their title, which passes from parent to child in noble families.

Hereditary Position

Use 'Your Grace' or 'Duke' when addressing dukes formally.

Addressing Dukes

The British peerage system is complex; dukes rank just below the monarch.

British Peerage

Famous historical figures often held duke titles, influencing their legacies.

Historical Figures

In place names, 'Duke' often signifies historical importance or a namesake.

Place Names

'Duke' can refer to things not associated with nobility in contemporary contexts.

Modern Usage

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 Two percent are at Stage One. About 25 percent are at Stage Two, saying, in effect, "My life sucks." 48 percent of working tribes say, these are employed tribes, say, "I'm great and you're not." And we have to duke it out every day, so we resort to politics.

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 So when one duke bragged that his subjects were so upright that a son testified against his own father when his father stole a sheep, Confucius informed the duke that genuinely upright fathers and sons protected one another.

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 to watch top playwrights, including favorites Aeschylus and Sophocles duke it out to see whose hero may be deemed most tragic, whose story most awful. Well Seacrestopolis, in last week's battle of the choruses,

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Duke

A high-ranking nobleman, one level below a king or queen.

Often appears as...

A male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerage systems.

Often appears as...

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Used in some place or street names.

Often appears as...

Peerage Hierarchy

Hereditary Position

Addressing Dukes

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