grand-duc
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A French grand duke.
Example Sentences
- "The Grand-duc and Grande-duchesse Cyril, with their children, are expected at the Elysée Palace, Cannes, for the winter."
- "To one side was a small pavilion that would, the backers hoped, eventually house the private art collection of the grand-duc and his wife."
- "[Louise Lévêque de] Vilmorin covered the Kelly-Grimaldi nuptials in Monaco in 1956, skewering the American guests, whom she stops just short of calling hayseeds, for “thinking they’d been transported to the era of grands-ducs and grands bancos.”"
- "The most important introduction Gontaut made for her was to Grand-Duc and Grande-Duchesse Wladimir of Russia, the GDWs to their intimates."
- "Liane de Pougy, Emilienne d’Alençon, Cléo de Mérode, Caroline Otéro sablaient le champagne que leur offraient les aristocrates en renom, les grands-ducs, au bar des Folies-Bergère, haut-lieu de l’amour vénal."
Etymology
From French grand-duc. Doublet of grand duke.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: grand-duc