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humph
(encz) | humph, |
Humph
(gcide) | Humph \Humph\, interj. [Of imitative origin.]
An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
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humph
(encz) | humph, |
humphrey
(encz) | Humphrey,Humphrey n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
humphrey
(czen) | Humphrey,Humphreyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Humphrey Bogart
(gcide) | Bogart \Bogart\ n.
Humphrey DeForest Bogart, famous movie actor; most commonly
called Humphrey Bogart; b. 1899, d. 1957.
Syn: Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart.
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To dine with Duke Humphrey
(gcide) | Dine \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dining.] [F. d[^i]ner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr.
an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to
fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See Jejune, and
cf. Dinner, D?jeuner.]
To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
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Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak.
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To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner; -- a
phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from
the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner
hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.
[1913 Webster]Duke \Duke\ (d[=u]k), n. [F. duc, fr. L. dux, ducis, leader,
commander, fr. ducere to lead; akin to AS. te['o]n to draw;
cf. AS. heretoga (here army) an army leader, general, G.
herzog duke. See Tue, and cf. Doge, Duchess, Ducat,
Duct, Adduce, Deduct.]
1. A leader; a chief; a prince. [Obs.]
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Hannibal, duke of Carthage. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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All were dukes once, who were "duces" -- captains or
leaders of their people. --Trench.
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2. In England, one of the highest order of nobility after
princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four
archbishops of England and Ireland.
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3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without
the title of king.
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4. pl. The fists; as, put up your dukes. [slang]
[PJC]
Duke's coronet. See Illust. of Coronet.
To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner. See under
Dine.
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humphrey bogart
(wn) | Humphrey Bogart
n 1: United States film actor (1899-1957) [syn: Bogart,
Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart] |
humphrey davy
(wn) | Humphrey Davy
n 1: English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and
who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and
barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine
(1778-1829) [syn: Davy, Humphrey Davy, {Sir Humphrey
Davy}] |
humphrey deforest bogart
(wn) | Humphrey DeForest Bogart
n 1: United States film actor (1899-1957) [syn: Bogart,
Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart] |
humphrey gilbert
(wn) | Humphrey Gilbert
n 1: English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland
the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) [syn:
Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert] |
mrs. humphrey ward
(wn) | Mrs. Humphrey Ward
n 1: English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the
women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Ward, {Mrs.
Humphrey Ward}, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward] |
sir humphrey davy
(wn) | Sir Humphrey Davy
n 1: English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and
who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and
barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine
(1778-1829) [syn: Davy, Humphrey Davy, {Sir Humphrey
Davy}] |
sir humphrey gilbert
(wn) | Sir Humphrey Gilbert
n 1: English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland
the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) [syn:
Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert] |
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