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"DUKES" is a plural of: duke. |
Date "DUKES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Crosswords: DUKES |
| English words defined with "DUKES": Ambrosin ♦ democratic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DUKES": Flaming Swords ♦ regalia ♦ stage I colorectal cancer, stage II colorectal cancer, stage III colorectal cancer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He knows a guy who knows a make-up artist on the Dukes of Hazzard, who's gonna redesign my face (Perfect; writing credit: Aaron Latham;) Oh, one gets so tired of one's own class--princes and counts and dukes and kings (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones) No. I need a place to stay! Momma Dukes kicked me out (Scary Movie 2; writing credit: Shawn Wayans; Marlon Wayans) | |
Lyrics | So put up your dukes and fight (THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) Daisy dukes to spandex (Ghetto Girls; performing artist: Lil Bow Wow) Get up your wit up souped up put your dukes up (Feel Me Flow; performing artist: Naughty By Nature) Put up your dukes, lets get down to it (HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT; performing artist: Pat Benatar) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Double Dukes (1917) The Dukes (1983) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | The mighty Dukes, Gloucester and Buckingham |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | But as to counts, marquesses, dukes, earls, and the like, I was not so scrupulous |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Economic History | Slovenia | From as early as the 9th century, Slovenia had fallen under foreign rulers, including partial control by Bavarian dukes and the Republic of Venice. (references) |
Belgium | After coming under the rule of the Dukes of Burgundy and, through marriage, passing into the possession of the Hapsburgs, Belgium was occupied by the Spanish (1519-1713) and the Austrians (1713-1794). (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient Order of Modern Troglodytes; the League of Holy Humbug; the Golden Phalanx of Phalangers; the Genteel Society of Expurgated Hoodlums; the Mystic Alliances of Georgeous Regalians; Knights and Ladies of the Yellow Dog; the Oriental Order of Sons of the West; the Blatherhood of Insufferable Stuff; Warriors of the Long Bow; Guardians of the Great Horn Spoon; the Band of Brutes; the Impenitent Order of Wife-Beaters; the Sublime Legion of Flamboyant Conspicuants; Worshipers at the Electroplated Shrine; Shining Inaccessibles; Fee-Faw-Fummers of the inimitable Grip; Jannissaries of the Broad-Blown Peacock; Plumed Increscencies of the Magic Temple; the Grand Cabal of Able-Bodied Sedentarians; Associated Deities of the Butter Trade; the Garden of Galoots; the Affectionate Fraternity of Men Similarly Warted; the Flashing Astonishers; Ladies of Horror; Cooperative Association for Breaking into the Spotlight; Dukes of Eden; Disciples Militant of the Hidden Faith; Knights-Champions of the Domestic Dog; the Holy Gregarians; the Resolute Optimists; the Ancient Sodality of Inhospitable Hogs; Associated Sovereigns of Mendacity; Dukes-Guardian of the Mystic Cess-Pool; the Society for Prevention of Prevalence; Kings of Drink; Polite Federation of Gents-Consequential; the Mysterious Order of the Undecipherable Scroll; Uniformed Rank of Lousy Cats; Monarchs of Worth and Hunger; Sons of the South Star; Prelates of the Tub-and-Sword. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DUKES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 82.79% of the time. "DUKES" is used about 215 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 82.79% | 178 | 23,220 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.88% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 2.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 215 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "DUKES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dukes | Last name | 9,000 | 1,398 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "DUKES": Dukes County. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "DUKES": king-dukes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DUKES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Duke's klassifikation af coloncancer (Dukes classification). (various references) | |
French | poings. (various references) | |
German | Herzöge. (various references) | |
Greek | ταξινόμηση κατά Dukes (Dukes classification). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ukesday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | classificação de Dukes (Dukes classification). (various references) | |
Russian | кулак (bunch of fives, cam, claw, cog, fist, knuckle, kulak, mauley, mitt, wobbler). (various references) | |
Spanish | clasificación de Dukes (Dukes classification). (various references) | |
Swedish | nävar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Outoi uioi hsau kai outoi hgemoneV autwn outoi eisin uioi edwm |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Isti filii Esau et hii duces eorum ipse est Edom |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thes ben the sones of Esau, and thes the dukes of hem; he is Edom. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | These are the childern of Esau and these are the dukes of them: which Esau is called Edom: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | These are the sons of Esau (who is Edom) and these are their dukes. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Busa kini mao ang mga anak nga lalake ni Esau, ug ang iyang mga pangulo: siya mao si Edom. |
| Chinese | 以 上 的 族 長 、 都 是 以 掃 的 子 孫 、 以 掃 就 是 以 東 。 |
| Croatian | To su bili sinovi Ezava-Edoma, njihovi knezovi. |
| Danish | Det var Esaus Sønner, og det var deres Stammehøvdinger; det var Edom. |
| Dutch | Dat zijn de zonen van Ezau, en dat zijn hunlieder vorsten; hij is Edom. |
| Finnish | Nämä olivat Eesaun, se on Edomin, pojat, ja nämä heidän sukuruhtinaansa. |
| French | Ce sont l les fils d`Ésaü, et ce sont l leurs chefs de tribus. Ésaü, c`est Édom. |
| German | Das sind die Kinder und ihre Fürsten. Er ist der Edom. |
| Haitian Creole | Se te non tout pitit pitit Ezaou yo sa. Yo te rele Ezaou Edon tou. Se yo ki te chèf branch fanmi yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Semua suku itu keturunan Esau. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sekalian inilah anak laki-laki Esaf, yang bernama Edom dan inilah amir-amir mereka itu. |
| Maori | Ko nga tama enei a Ehau, ara a Eroma, a ko enei ano o ratou ariki. |
| Norwegian | Dette var Esaus sønner, og dette deres stammefyrster. Dette var Edom. |
| Portuguese | Esses são os filhos de Esaú, e esses seus príncipes: ele é Edom. |
| Rumanian | Acewtia sknt fiii lui Esau, wi acewtia sknt cqpeteniile seminyiilor lor. Esau knseamnq Edom. |
| Spanish | Éstos fueron, pues, los hijos de Esaú, el cual es Edom; y éstos fueron sus jefes. |
| Swedish | Dessa voro Esaus söner, och dessa deras stamfurstar. Han är densamme som Edom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "DUKES": archdukes. (additional references) | |
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"DUKES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dauke, daukes, dfuke, djukic, doken, Drukov, ducem, ducen, duces, ducis, ducs, dufes, duges, dugse, Duka, Dukan, dukas, duked, dukel, dukem, duken, duker, duket, dukets, Dukey, dukka, dukke, dukket, duku, Dukw, dukwe, dules, dulks, dunkles, dures, dutes, Dutka, dutko, Kukes, ukes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DUKES" (pronounced duw"ks) |
| 3 | -uw" k s | flukes, Jukes, kooks, nukes, pukes, rebukes, spooks. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-k-s-u" | |
-1 letter: desk, dues, duke, dusk, kues, sued, ukes, used. | |
-2 letters: due, eds, kue, sue, uke, use. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, es, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-k-s-u" | |
+1 letter: busked, dusked, husked, sucked, sulked, tusked. | |
+2 letters: debunks, duckers, duckies, duikers, dunkers, duskier, kludges, predusk, sculked, shucked, skulked, skulled, skunked, spunked, suckled, sundeck, unasked. | |
+3 letters: buskined, drunkest, duckiest, dukedoms, duskiest, dustlike, geoducks, gweducks, outasked, predusks, shelduck, squawked, squeaked, suckered, sunbaked, sundecks, uncasked, unhusked, unkissed, unmasked, unslaked, unsmoked, unsoaked. | |
+4 letters: archdukes, baudekins, bulkheads, debunkers, deckhouse, deskbound, duckweeds, duskiness, elkhounds, kiddushes, kurbashed, lunkheads, outkissed, outskated, outsmoked, outsulked, outtasked, reedbucks, shelducks, shunpiked, spelunked, unkindest, unskilled, unstacked. | |
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