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单词 grand duke
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Definition of grand duke in English:

grand duke

noun
  • 1A prince or nobleman ruling over a territory in certain European countries.

    (统治欧洲某些国家领土的)王子(或贵族);大公

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1867, Luxembourg officially became an independent country, although King William III of the Netherlands remained its grand duke.
    • Francesco I, Cosimo's son and the second grand duke of Tuscany, was deeply interested in botany and invited the artist Jacopo Ligozzi to his court in 1577, where he remained until his death in 1626.
    • When Cosimo died in April 1574, Francis became the second grand duke of Tuscany.
    • The grand dukes became the tsars of Muscovy, who in turn became emperors of the Russian Empire.
    • It is so comforting to know that one day you will be grand duke.
    • The official guest list named at least 70 kings, queens, grand dukes, princes, counts and lesser nobles.
    • In regions ruled by kings and grand dukes, it was mostly the accession of a new king some time towards the beginning of the 1740s - and about to get married - that stimulated the urge to build and decorate and bring in fashionable talent.
    • The grand duke or duchess, the ceremonial head of state, appoints the prime minister, who is responsible to a sixty-member Chamber of Deputies that is popularly elected every five years.
    • In 1610 Cosmo II, grand duke of Tuscany, appointed him philosopher and mathematician at the Florentine court, thus relieving him of all academic routine and enabling him to devote himself entirely to his scientific investigations.
    • The grand duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand I, in the meantime, showed a new level of independence from Spain by marrying a French princess, and announcing the marriage of his niece Maria to the French king.
    • Ferdinand hated my being friends with my cousins and thought that were trying to secure a place by the future grand duke, which is what he wanted to do.
    • He was created grand duke of Cleves and Berg in 1806 and showered with foreign orders in 1807.
    • When Sweden lost control of Finland to the Russians during the Napoleonic era, the city was declared the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland by Czar Alexander I, who was himself the grand duke.
    • Absorbed by the Russian empire as a result of the war of 1808-1909, the country became an autonomous grand duchy with the Russian tsar as grand duke, operating under the Swedish legal system.
    • Whether forced or voluntary, Roman emperors, kings and queens, hereditary princes and grand dukes and, yes, even popes have abdicated.
    • Distracted in the east, abandoned even by the grand duke of Tuscany, the Emperor's own brother, in February, she sustained her war effort only by borrowing from a suspicious Great Britain.
    • My father fully intended to stop me from becoming grand duke if I married Lily.
    Synonyms
    ruler, sovereign, lord, overlord, dynast, leader, monarch, crowned head
  • 2historical A son (or grandson) of a Russian tsar.

    〈史〉俄国沙皇的儿子(或孙子)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two of his daughters married Russian grand dukes; one became Queen of Italy; another came into the orbit of British royalty by marrying a Battenberg prince.
    • Destinations outside the city worth adding to your trip include the Kolomenskoe Estate, overlooking the Moskva river, where grand dukes and tsars have spent their summers since the 14th century.
    • Close relatives of the tsar were called grand princes, usually translated as grand dukes.

Definition of grand duke in US English:

grand duke

nounˌɡræn(d) ˈdjukˌɡran(d) ˈdyo͞ok
  • 1A prince or nobleman ruling over a territory in certain European countries.

    (统治欧洲某些国家领土的)王子(或贵族);大公

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was created grand duke of Cleves and Berg in 1806 and showered with foreign orders in 1807.
    • The grand duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand I, in the meantime, showed a new level of independence from Spain by marrying a French princess, and announcing the marriage of his niece Maria to the French king.
    • In 1867, Luxembourg officially became an independent country, although King William III of the Netherlands remained its grand duke.
    • The grand dukes became the tsars of Muscovy, who in turn became emperors of the Russian Empire.
    • The grand duke or duchess, the ceremonial head of state, appoints the prime minister, who is responsible to a sixty-member Chamber of Deputies that is popularly elected every five years.
    • It is so comforting to know that one day you will be grand duke.
    • Distracted in the east, abandoned even by the grand duke of Tuscany, the Emperor's own brother, in February, she sustained her war effort only by borrowing from a suspicious Great Britain.
    • Ferdinand hated my being friends with my cousins and thought that were trying to secure a place by the future grand duke, which is what he wanted to do.
    • When Cosimo died in April 1574, Francis became the second grand duke of Tuscany.
    • In regions ruled by kings and grand dukes, it was mostly the accession of a new king some time towards the beginning of the 1740s - and about to get married - that stimulated the urge to build and decorate and bring in fashionable talent.
    • The official guest list named at least 70 kings, queens, grand dukes, princes, counts and lesser nobles.
    • Francesco I, Cosimo's son and the second grand duke of Tuscany, was deeply interested in botany and invited the artist Jacopo Ligozzi to his court in 1577, where he remained until his death in 1626.
    • When Sweden lost control of Finland to the Russians during the Napoleonic era, the city was declared the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland by Czar Alexander I, who was himself the grand duke.
    • Whether forced or voluntary, Roman emperors, kings and queens, hereditary princes and grand dukes and, yes, even popes have abdicated.
    • Absorbed by the Russian empire as a result of the war of 1808-1909, the country became an autonomous grand duchy with the Russian tsar as grand duke, operating under the Swedish legal system.
    • In 1610 Cosmo II, grand duke of Tuscany, appointed him philosopher and mathematician at the Florentine court, thus relieving him of all academic routine and enabling him to devote himself entirely to his scientific investigations.
    • My father fully intended to stop me from becoming grand duke if I married Lily.
    Synonyms
    ruler, sovereign, lord, overlord, dynast, leader, monarch, crowned head
    1. 1.1historical A son (or son's son) of a Russian tsar.
      〈史〉俄国沙皇的儿子(或孙子)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Destinations outside the city worth adding to your trip include the Kolomenskoe Estate, overlooking the Moskva river, where grand dukes and tsars have spent their summers since the 14th century.
      • Two of his daughters married Russian grand dukes; one became Queen of Italy; another came into the orbit of British royalty by marrying a Battenberg prince.
      • Close relatives of the tsar were called grand princes, usually translated as grand dukes.
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