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archduke

[ ahrch-dook, -dyook ]

noun

  1. a title of the sovereign princes of the former ruling house of Austria.


archduke

/ ˈɑ˳Ùʃˈ»åÂá³ÜË°ì /

noun

  1. a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
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Origin of archduke1

1520–30; earlier archeduke < French archeduc (now archiduc ). See arch- 1, duke
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Smiling expansively and nodding to the crowd, the archduke was riding in an open car through the streets of Sarajevo on the fateful Sunday morning of June 28, 1914.

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“In 1914, such a chain reaction led, in the space of four weeks, from the assassination of a Habsburg archduke by a Serbian nationalist to all-out war between the Great Powers.â€

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Pinto is close enough to see the archduke choke on his own blood.

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Von Habsburg, 81, is the archduke of Austria — he’s a descendant of Marie Antoinette’s mother — and an authority on Faberge eggs.

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We had been told to climb over a metal gate off a side road at Son Marroig, the former estate of an Austrian archduke, to find the unmarked trail.

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