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Liege vs Duke - What's the difference?

liege | duke |

As a noun liege

is daybed.

As a verb duke is

to plunge, dive.

liege

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  • The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
    • a liege lord
  • * Tennyson
    • She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; / And he, he reverenced his liege lady there.
  • Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal.
    • a liege''' man; a '''liege subject
  • (obsolete, legal) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
    • (Burrill)

    Related terms

    * liege lord * liegeman ----

    duke

    English

    (wikipedia duke)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess ).
  • A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
  • A grand duke.
  • (slang, usually in plural) A fist.
    • Put up your dukes !
    This is thought to be derived from where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.

    Hypernyms

    * nobility

    Coordinate terms

    * prince, monarch, baron, count, countess, earl, marquess, marquis, viscount

    Derived terms

    * archduke * duke it out * dukedom * grand duke * put up one's dukes

    Related terms

    * ducal * duchess * duchy

    Verb

    (duk)
  • To hit or beat with the fists.
  • * {{quote-book, 2003, John A. Dinan, Private Eyes in the Comics, isbn=159393002X, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=7vvAzXjtBAcC&pg=PA65, page=65
    • , passage=It seems that PI Rainer was duked by his wife

    Derived terms

    * duke it out * duke it * duke out * duke up * duke in ----