unduke
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -uːk
Verb
[edit]unduke (third-person singular simple present undukes, present participle unduking, simple past and past participle unduked)
- (transitive) To deprive of dukedom.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, A New Vindication of the Duke of Marlborough:
- are they about to take the garter from him? to unprince, unduke him?
References
[edit]- “unduke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.