duc

American  

[dyk] / dük /

noun

French.

plural

ducs

1. duke.

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Example Sentences

In a third Joyce recalls: “Our talk consisted solely of the word ‘No.’ Proust asked me if I knew the duc de so-and-so.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2012

A few years before the revolution, the rhinoceros at the ménagerie at Versailles killed two men on separate occasions, and the duc de Noailles  reported that the animal was likely to “bust out” again.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2011

In 1775 he was appointed to the frigate “Terpsichore,” attached to the training squadron, in which the duc de Chartres, afterwards notorious as the duc d’Orl�ans and as Philippe �galit�, was entered as volunteer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

“From the depths of his prison,” wrote Loménie, “he reclaimed them immediately in a letter to the duc de La Vallière where he appeared proud and imposing as a baron of the middle ages.”

From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.

Believe me, Monsieur le duc, I have never tried to diminish the attachment of this generous woman for you.

From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.