how to pronounce dukes

/ˈduks/

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dukes is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of dukes in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… so you know my dukes were up for such a …”

meanings of dukes

name:

A surname.
Ellipsis of Dukes County.
Plural of Duke.

noun:

Plural of duke.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duke.

dukes frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dukes occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.