Definitions for duceˈdu tʃeɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

du•ce*ˈdu tʃeɪ(n.)(pl.)-ces, -ci

  1. a leader or dictator.

    Category: Foreign Term, Government

  2. il Duce, the leader: title of Benito Mussolini as head of Fascist Italy.

    Category: Government

* (-chē)..

Origin of duce:

1920–25; < It < ML dux (gen. ducis), L: leader; cf. duke

Princeton's WordNet

  1. duce(noun)

    leader

    "Mussolini was called Il Duce"


Translations for duce

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

duke(noun)

a nobleman of the highest rank.

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