DUKEDOM

duchy, dukedom

(noun) the domain controlled by a duke or duchess

dukedom

(noun) the dignity or rank or position of a duke

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dukedom (countable and uncountable, plural dukedoms)

A region ruled by a duke or duchess; a duchy.

The rank or title of a duke.

Source: Wiktionary


Duke"dom, n.

1. The territory of a duke.

2. The title or dignity of a duke. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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