See Also: archduke(medicine)
archduke(dictionary)
archduke(dictionary)

archduke (iou)



archduke noun. Also (esp. as a title) Archduke. E16.
[Old French archeduc (mod. archi-) from Merovingian Latin archidux, -duc-: see ARCH-, DUKE noun.]
Hist. A chief duke; spec. (the title of) a son of the Emperor of Austria.
archdukedom noun (now rare) = ARCHDUCHY M16.