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Archdukes

 [ahrch-dook, -dyook]   Origin

arch·duke

   [ahrch-dook, -dyook]
noun
a title of the sovereign princes of the former ruling house of Austria.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier archeduke < French archeduc (now archiduc). See arch-1, duke
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archduke
1520s, from M.Fr., from O.Fr. archeduc, from Merovingian L. archiducem (c.750), from arch- (see arch (adj.)) + duke (q.v.). Formerly the title of the rulers of Austrasia, Lorraine, Brabant, and Austria; later the titular dignity of the sons of the Emperor of Austria.
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