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duce
[ doo-chey; Italian doo-che ]
noun
- a leader or dictator.
- il Duce [eel , doo, -chey, eel , doo, -che]. the leader: applied especially to Benito Mussolini as head of the fascist Italian state.
duce
1/ ˈduːtʃe; ˈduːtʃɪ /
noun
- leader
Duce
2/ ˈduːtʃe /
noun
- Il DuceIl Duceil the title assumed by Benito Mussolini as leader of Fascist Italy (1922–43)
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Example Sentences
Banners with “Muslims go home” and “Long Live Il Duce,” in a reference to Benito Mussolini, lie crumpled along the streets.
With the muscular charisma of a Caesar, “Il Duce” appealed to a fractured country with a weak economy.
Quin dir Eumenides monstraque Tartari His longe duce te finibus exulant.
Conspectus Crustaceorum in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, C. Wilkes duce, collectorum.
At another time, the discourse running upon politics, a mercer (no small man, I can assure you) wonderd what a duce we would have.
Syphax amicitiam Romanorum se accipere adnuit, sed fidem nec dare nec accipere, nisi cum ipso coram duce Romano, voluit.
Rmnrum s accipere adnuit, sed fidem nec dare nec accipere, nisi cum ips cram duce Rmn, voluit.95 Scpi igitur in fricam tricit.
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