Crossword clues for grand duke
grand duke
Wiktionary
n. 1 Ruler or monarch of a Grand Duchy. 2 Son or grandson of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian would be "''grand prince''".)
WordNet
n. a prince who rules a territory
Wikipedia
The monarchic title of Grand Duke (feminine: Grand Duchess) ranked in order of precedence below Emperor and King, and above that of sovereign Prince and sovereign Duke. It is or was used in some independent nations or states in Europe, particularly:
- in present-day Luxembourg
- historically for the sovereigns of former independent countries like Tuscany (from 1569 to 1860, now part of Italy), Baden, Oldenburg, Saxe-Weimar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, etc. (Grand Duchies from 1815 to 1918 and all now part of Germany)
- formerly also for some nations in eastern and north-eastern Europe, such as Finland and Lithuania.
Translations for Grand Duke include: in Latin, Magnus Dux; in Luxembourgish Groussherzog; in German Großherzog; in French Grand-Duc; in Spanish, Gran Duque; in Russian, великий князь (velikiy kniaz, literally "Grand Prince"); in Italian Gran Duca; in Portuguese grão-duque; in Finnish, suurherttua; in Polish, wielki książę; in Hungarian, nagyherceg; in Swedish, storhertig; in Dutch & Afrikaans, groothertog; in Danish, storhertug; in Lithuanian, didysis kunigaikštis; in Latvian, lielhercogs; in Czech velkovévoda or velkokníže.
Usage examples of "grand duke".
And that this flag being less familiar and less generally in use than the British or Italian, it had (I taken him several days to procure one, greatly to the young Grand Duke's annoyance.
The Emperor himself sits in judgment at any trial of a grand duke, and he'd be a fair judge even in a matter like this.
The Emperor himself sits in judgment at any trial of a grand duke, and he’.
He glanced over at Grand Duke Lysandros and saw him roll his eyes.
The grand duke might be a fool, but Sir Ethelred, the foreign minister, ran a fairly effective intelligence network.
But the Grand Duke of Piemonte had sent word ahead, and I was arrested by the Armsmen in Grenoble.
Charliss could not have concocted a better scheme to get rid of Grand Duke Tremane if he'd tried—.