Iron Duke

noun

1. epithet of the first Duke of Wellington.

Iron Duke

noun

1. See Wellington
   the. nickname of (1st Duke of) Wellington 1

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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

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