grand duke

grand duke

English

Etymology

Old French grant duc, from Latin grandis + dux, from the verb duco (“to lead”).

Alternative forms

grand-duke, grandduke

Noun

grand duke (plural grand dukes)

1. Ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
2. Son or grandson of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian would be grand prince.)

Translations

ruler or monarch of a grand duchy

Chinese: Mandarin: 太公 (zh) Czech: velkovévoda m Danish: storhertug c (Luxembourg, German states and Western Europe), storfyrste c (Lithuania, Moscow and tsarist Finland) Dutch: groothertog (nl) m Esperanto: grandduko Finnish: suurherttua French: grand-duc (fr) m Georgian: ერისმთავარი (erismtavari) German: Großherzog (de) m Hungarian: nagyherceg (hu)

Icelandic: stórhertogi m Indonesian: adipati agung, haryapatih Italian: granduca (it) m Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា m (sɑmdach chav pnyie), លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា (lok neak ok nha) Latvian: lielhercogs m Polish: wielki książę m Portuguese: grão-duque m Russian: вели́кий ге́рцог m (velíkij gércog), эрцге́рцог (ru) m (ercgércog) Spanish: gran duque Swedish: storhertig (sv) c Thai: แกรนด์ดุ๊ก, แกรนด์ดยุก

son or grandson of a czar

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: velkokníže m Danish: storfyrste c Finnish: suurherttua German: Großfürst m

Icelandic: stórfursti m Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា (som dach chao pnhea) Russian: вели́кий князь (ru) m (velíkij knjazʹ) Spanish: gran duque m Swedish: storfurste c Thai: แกรนด์ดุ๊ก, แกรนด์ดยุก

See also

• czar
• duchess
• duke
• emperor
• grand duchess

• imperial
• prince
• princess
• royal