duce
noun
a leader or dictator.
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duce
American
[doo-chey, doo-che]
/ ˈdu tʃeɪ, ˈdu tʃɛ /
noun
duces,
plural
duci
plural
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a leader or dictator.
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il Duce the leader: applied especially to Benito Mussolini as head of the fascist Italian state.
Duce
1
British
/ ˈduːtʃe /
noun
duce
2
British
/ ˈduːtʃɪ, ˈduːtʃe /
noun
Etymology
Origin of duce
First recorded in 1920–25; from Italian, from Medieval Latin dux (genitive ducis ), Latin: “leader”; cf. duke, dux
Example Sentences
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The Vietnamese politely took what they were offered, but within twenty-four hours the complaints started coming back—the “American soap … didn’t pro- duce suds or clean properly.”
From MSNBC • Jan. 9, 2018
Bethlehem can pro duce about 15% of the total, leaving about 42% for independent companies.
From Time Magazine Archive
West Germany could have been a powder keg to pro duce chaos . . . and the freedom-loving people of the world owe Adenauer a great deal.
From Time Magazine Archive
The failure of advancing surgery to re duce this mortality rate prompted Dr. Urban Maes, able New Orleans appendectomist. chief of the department of surgery of Louisiana State University Medical Center, to search for explanations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Normanni, qui in hoc loco Frainc appellantur, erant copiæ quas Henricus Secundus in Monam misit a.d. mclvii. duce Madoco filio Maredudii Powisiæ principe.
From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan
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