dukedom
doohk duhm
- n the dignity or rank or position of a duke
- n the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
- He wins the dukedom, the widow, and, at long last, his just deserts.
- It had been prophesied that the Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, would receive a dukedom, but nothing of the sort occurred.
- If he breaks the Gandhite movement, restores India to submission and thus saves the most valuable adjunct of Empire stern Lord Willingdon may even be rewarded with a dukedom .