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Iron Duke

noun

  1. epithet of the first Duke of Wellington.


Iron Duke

noun

  1. the. nickname of (1st Duke of) Wellington 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The “Iron Duke” merely turned up his letter and wrote “Sail or sell,” and returned it to the applicant.

The troops, most of whom had just served in Spain, under the "Iron Duke," were held to be the best fighting men in the world.

But their faith in colonization stood as unblanched before the revelation as the Iron Duke at Waterloo.

The obsequies of "the Iron Duke" took place on the 18th of November, 1852.

On a black board, fixed up in their fore-rigging, they had written, "'Iron Duke' no can do 'Bacchante.'"

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