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

It’s a glamorous picture of her grandparents on their honeymoon at a ski resort in Mussolini’s Italy in 1941, even as “war raged all over Europe.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Yes, he did so with the help of Hitler and Mussolini, and his proximity to these evil men is a true blot on his record.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Mussolini constructed the Arch of the Philaeni to glorify fascist Italy’s colonial projects in North Africa.

From Salon

Having grown up in Mussolini’s Italy, Eco presumably knew what he was talking about.

From Salon