Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grand-duke

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: grand--duke
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of grand duke.

Example Sentences

"The grand-duke of Baden has given him money to purchase Testaments."
"All of Paris knew this mansion for its splendid entertainments, and above all, its admirable collection of paintings which no grand-duke on his travels would fail to visit."
"Does he look like a grand-duke?"
"Anything is imaginable of an early Medicean grand-duke, but in a manner the father's murderous fury was provoked by the fact, if it was a fact, that Don Garzia had just mortally wounded his brother Giovanni."

Inflected Forms

grand-dukes (plural)

Questions

What does grand-duke mean?: Alternative form of grand duke.

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