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Definition of Dukeship
1. n. The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke.
Definition of Dukeship
1. Noun. The quality or condition of being a duke. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dukeship
1. the entitlement to being a duke [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dukeship
Literary usage of Dukeship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Smote thee to ground for all thy cruelty, Wherfore the dukeship of Diomedes
and dignity, Unto her great laud and glory perpetual!, Attributed is with ..."
2. Philip Massinger by Philip Massinger, Arthur Symons (1887)
"Will your dukeship Sit down and eat some sugar-plums ? Here's a castle Of
march-pane ' too ; and this quince-marmalade was Of my own making ; all summed up ..."
3. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1841)
"The duke's song, independent totally of his dukeship, charms me. There is I know
not what of wild happiness of thought and expression peculiarly beautiful ..."
4. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1895)
"... he has a strong tendency to make the dukeship hereditary in his family, and
even to break the bond of subordination which attaches him to royalty. ..."
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