Iron Duke

noun

1. epithet of the first Duke of Wellington.

Iron Duke

noun

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

Example Sentences

Taking part in joint Nato efforts, the navy said HMS Iron Duke monitored the surfaced Russian Kilo-class submarine and its support tug as they passed through the Channel and into the North Sea.

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Iron Duke remained in contact with the pair back through the Channel and into the North Sea before handing over to a Dutch warship.

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In the 16th century, the third duke, sometimes called the Iron Duke, was known for his military campaigns in the Eighty Years’ War.

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“Iron Duke” acted after a young, racist drifter armed with an AK-47 assault rifle shot up a schoolyard in Stockton, killing five Southeast Asian immigrant children.

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The Iron Duke, she consequently informed the world, was bad in bed, possessing no merit for “ladies’ uses.”

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