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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Mussolini

A man named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has secured a narrow victory in Peru's local elections, exit polls show.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Francisco Franco had heir faces on stamps, currency, and coins during their respective despotic reigns.

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2025

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

Therein lies a dilemma, because Franco was not an especially compelling orator or a magnetic, mercurial personality after the fashion of Hitler, Mussolini and, you know, others we could name.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

“When I was alive, I mean the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We were at war.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan