Mussolini

American  

[moos-uh-lee-nee, moo-suh-, moos-saw-lee-nee] / ˌmʊs əˈli ni, ˌmu sə-, ˌmus sɔˈli ni /

noun

1. Benito Il Duce, 1883–1945, Italian Fascist leader: premier of Italy 1922–43.

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Mussolini British  

/ ˌmʊsəˈliːnɪ, mussoˈliːni /

noun

1. Benito (beˈniːto) known as il Duce. 1883–1945, Italian Fascist dictator. After the Fascist march on Rome, he was appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III (1922) and assumed dictatorial powers. He annexed Abyssinia and allied Italy with Germany (1936), entering World War II in 1940. He was forced to resign following the Allied invasion of Sicily (1943) and was eventually shot by Italian partisans

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Example Sentences

Philippa said the British government and Violet's family wrote to Mussolini following the attack to thank him and congratulate him on surviving, and to emphasise her mental instability.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

With the nightmares of Hitler, Mussolini and the Iron Curtain still years in the future, Churchill mined his youth to position himself as one of history’s glowworms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Because when you think at of Mussolini or Hitler at 38, they were both still considered pretty much losers.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

Among people present was Orsola Mussolini, great-granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, who supplied crucial military backing to Franco during the civil war alongside Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

The Mercury Theatre team deserved a medal for shining a warning light on the way European dictators like Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin used radio to “incite hatreds, inflame masses,...abolish reason and maintain themselves in power.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow