Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dukedom
IPA transcription: [d'ukdəm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: duchy, dukedom
    Meaning: the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
  • Synonyms: dukedom
    Meaning: the dignity or rank or position of a duke
Usage examples
  • Palliser had become quite useless,--so Mr. Bonteen said,--since his accession to the dukedom, and was quite unfit to deal with decimal coinage.
  • It may perhaps have been true in the days of Machiavelli that cruelty and treachery would aid the unscrupulous petty despot of Italy to secure and at times to maintain his dukedom; but certainly in modern days, when in all civilized countries permanently prosperous government is based ultimately upon the will of the people, the successful ruler can no longer be treacherous and cruel.