"sweetheart," 1748, from the name of Don Quixote's mistress in Cervantes' romance, the name is a Spanish fem. derivative of Latin dulce "sweet" (see dulcet).
duke
dukedom
dukes
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dulcimer
Dulcinea
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dullard
dullsville
dully
Duluth
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