单词 | iron duke |
释义 | > as lemmasIron Duke Iron Duke n. (a nickname for) the first Duke of Wellington (1769–1852). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for grand-duke > of first duke of Wellington Iron Duke1830 1830 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 14 June 2/3 If the Irish Question be lost, Ireland has her Representative to accuse for it still more than the iron Duke and his worthy Chancellor. 1852 (title) The wisdom of Wellington; or maxims of the Iron Duke. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 501 As a diplomatist the ‘Iron Duke’..was no match for the ‘Iron Tsar’. 2010 D. Devonshire Wait for Me! xxv. 332 These tall, narrow, red leather-fronted drawers, replicas of those that the Iron Duke took with him on his campaigns. < as lemmas |
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