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GRAND DUKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A prince who rules a territory
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grand duke" is a kind of...):
prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))
Instance hyponyms:
Ivan III; Ivan III Vasilievich; Ivan the Great (grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505))