duke
意味
- (イギリスの)公爵
- (欧州大陸の小国または公国の)君主
例文
The duke holds a lot of land.
その公爵はたくさんの土地を所有している。
This only increased his desire to be revenged on the murderous duke.
これは、あの殺人的な公爵に復讐しようという彼の願いを強めただけだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Old French duc, through Middle English duk, duke, from Latin dux, ducis. Displaced native Old English heretoga. Was present as duc in late Old English, from the same Latin source. Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and dux. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-, which is also the source of the second component in German Herzog. The “fist” sense is thought to be Cockney rhyming slang where “Duke(s) of York” = fork. Fork is itself Cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.