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grand duke

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Son, daughter, or grandchild of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian is grand prince.)

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a prince who rules a territory

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: prince

Narrower terms: Ivan III, Ivan III Vasilievich, Ivan the Great

History

Etymology

From grand + duke, after Middle French and French grand duc /grand-duc, itself after titles in other languages, especially Italian granduca, German Großherzog, and Russian вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ). Doublet of grand-duc.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غْرَانْدُوق (ḡrāndūq) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Catalan: gran duc — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太公 (tàigōng) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Czech: velkovévoda — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Danish: storhertug — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Danish: storfyrste — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Dutch: groothertog — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Esperanto: grandduko — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Finnish: suurherttua — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • French: grand-duc — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Georgian: ერისმთავარი (erismtavari) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Georgian: დიდი მთავარი (didi mtavari) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • German: Großherzog — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Hungarian: nagyherceg — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Icelandic: stórhertogi — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Indonesian: adipati agung — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Indonesian: haryapatih — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Irish: ard-diúc. — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Italian: granduca — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា (sɑmdach chav pnyie) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Khmer: លោកអ្នកឧកញ៉ា (lok neak ok nha) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Latvian: lielhercogs — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Old Ruthenian: вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Persian: گراندوک (gerânduk) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Polish: wielki książę — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Portuguese: grão-duque — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Russian: вели́кий ге́рцог (velíkij gércog) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Russian: эрцге́рцог (ercgércog) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Spanish: gran duque — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Swedish: storhertig — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Thai: แกรนด์ดุ๊ก — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Thai: แกรนด์ดยุก — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Turkish: granduka — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Turkish: grandük — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Ottoman Turkish: غراندوقه (granduka) — ruler or monarch of a grand duchy
  • Czech: velkokníže — son or grandson of a czar
  • Danish: storfyrste — son or grandson of a czar
  • Finnish: suurherttua — son or grandson of a czar
  • French: grand-duc — son or grandson of a czar
  • German: Großfürst — son or grandson of a czar
  • Icelandic: stórfursti — son or grandson of a czar
  • Khmer: សម្ដេចចៅពញា (som dach chao pnhea) — son or grandson of a czar
  • Russian: вели́кий князь (velíkij knjazʹ) — son or grandson of a czar
  • Spanish: gran duque — son or grandson of a czar
  • Swedish: storfurste — son or grandson of a czar
  • Thai: แกรนด์ดุ๊ก — son or grandson of a czar
  • Thai: แกรนด์ดยุก — son or grandson of a czar