royal duke
Britishnoun
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Eric Pierre, a pastor who teaches fifth-grade English in the Bronx, has taken up an additional title this summer: royal duke.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Suspects ranged from low-life madmen to a royal duke.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2016
From such impudent and vulgar conduct as this, we heard a certain royal duke observe, "I wish to serve the queen, but I will not be Mr. Wood's cat's-paw, nor play second fiddle to him!"
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
If a girl be a good girl, she is good for me, whether she be the daughter of the cats'-meat-man or of a royal duke!
From There & Back by MacDonald, George
A royal duke should be addressed as Sir, not My Lord Duke; and referred to as Your Royal Highness.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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