duce

American  

[doo-chey, doo-che] / ˈdu tʃeɪ, ˈdu tʃɛ /

noun

plural

duces, duci

1. a leader or dictator.

2. il Duce the leader: applied especially to Benito Mussolini as head of the fascist Italian state.

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Duce ¹ British  

/ ˈduːtʃe /

noun

1. the title assumed by Benito Mussolini as leader of Fascist Italy (1922–43)

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duce ² British  

/ ˈduːtʃɪ, ˈduːtʃe /

noun

1. leader

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Etymology

Origin of duce

First recorded in 1920–25; from Italian, from Medieval Latin dux (genitive ducis ), Latin: “leader”; duke, dux

Example Sentences

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

They have ducts which carry secretions for a specific purpose, but they also pro- duce hormones which have quite different functions.

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

Ne tamen ignores ubi sim venalis et erres Urbe vagus tota, me duce certus eris: Libertum docti Lucensis quaere Secundum 8 Limina post Pacis Palladiumque forum.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund