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English
Noun
grand duc (plural grands ducs)
- Alternative form of grand-duc.
1844, Eugène Sue, unknown translator, The Mysteries of Paris, London: W. Dugdale, , page 903, column 1:Although related to the grand duc, and always most kindly received by him, it was impossible for me to conceive the least hope of marriage with the princess,—even supposing her to participate in my love, which was extremely improbable.
1893 October 15, “French Labor Troubles. M. Sardou, the Dramatist, Interviewed on His Methods. The Russian Reception. Very Little Enthusiasm in Advance Over the Event—Dr. Herz Protected by Illness—Plenty of Purple Grapes Make Wine Very Cheap.”, in The Pittsburg Press, volume 10, number 285, Pittsburg, Pa., page 9, column 3:A dash of smaller dimensions is the visit of the Grand Duc Serge and his grande duchesse to Balmoral.
1924 February, van Campen Stewart, “Paris Still Wears Its Two Favorite Silhouettes: The Parisienne Wears a Sleek Shingle Above, Impartially, Either a Tube or Circular Frock, As Long As the Frock Is Simple”, in Harper’s Bazar, number 2536, New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, page 47:Miss Elsa Maxwell, dining with the Grand Duc and Grande Duchesse Boris, entertained also, later in the evening, the Grand Duc Dimitri.
2019, Dominique Kalifa, Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN:They started the promenade around midnight, as the theaters were getting out. “Midnight sounded in the belfry of Saint-Merri when we plunged into the network of muddy alleys surrounding the old church. […] At the sound of our feet on the old cobbles, the clients of a horrible bistro looked at us with distrust. A thick voice yelped: ‘it’s the grands ducs on a stroll.’”