ARCHDUKE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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