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ARCHDUKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("archduke" is a kind of...):
prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))
Instance hyponyms:
Francis Ferdinand; Franz Ferdinand (archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914))
Derivation:
archducal (belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy)
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