Archduke

Archˊduke′

,

Noun.

[Pref.

arch-

+

duke

.]

A prince of the imperial family of Austria.

☞ Formerly this title was assumed by the rulers of Lorraine, Brabant, Austria, etc. It is now appropriated to the descendants of the imperial family of Austria through the make line, all such male descendants being styled archduke, and all such female descendants archduchesses.

Archduke

ARCHDU'KE

, [See Duke.] A title given to princes of the House of Austria; all the sons being archdukes, and the daughters archduchesses.

archduke

English

Noun

archduke ‎(plural archdukes)

The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.

Translations

rank

Afrikaans: aartsherog
Catalan: arxiduc (ca) m
Czech: arcivévoda (cs) m
Dutch: aartshertog (nl)
Esperanto: arkiduko
Finnish: arkkiherttua
French: archiduc (fr) m
Galician: arquiduque m
Georgian: ერისთავთ-ერისთავი ‎(eristavt-eristavi)
German: Erzherzog (de) m
Greek: αρχιδούκας (el) m ‎(archidoúkas)
Hungarian: főherceg (hu)
Icelandic: erkihertogi m
Ido: arkiduko (io)
Indonesian: adipati utama

Italian: arciduca
Japanese: 大公 ‎(たいこう, taikō)
Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះបរមរាជឱរសាធិរាជ ‎(sɑmdach preah bɑrom riech aorɑh a’tʰi’riech)
Latin: archidux m
Latvian: erchercogs m
Macedonian: надвојвода m ‎(nadvojvoda)
Papiamentu: archiduke
Polish: arcyksiążę m
Portuguese: arquiduque (pt)
Russian: эрцге́рцог (ru) m ‎(ercgércog)
Spanish: archiduque (es) m
Swedish: ärkehertig (sv)
Tagalog: artsiduke
Thai: อาร์ชดุ๊ก, อาร์ชดยุก
Turkish: arşidük (tr)
Volapük: (male or female) daledük (vo), (male) hidaledük

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Archduke

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Archduke

ARCHDU'KE

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