Mussolini, Benito

[ (mooh-suh-lee-nee, moos-uh-lee-nee) ]

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An Italian dictator (see dictatorship) of the twentieth century. Mussolini formed a fascist (see fascism) government in Italy in the 1920s and allied Italy with Germany as one of the Axis powers of World War II. Mussolini, known as il Duce (“the leader”), was shot by his Italian opponents near the end of the war.

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In fact, as Ihrig points out, Mussolini called himself “the Mustafa Kemal of a Milanese Ankara” as he began his own power-grab.
The 20th-Century Dictator Most Idolized by Hitler|William O’Connor|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Banners with “Muslims go home” and “Long Live Il Duce,” in a reference to Benito Mussolini, lie crumpled along the streets.
In Rome’s Riots, Cries for Mussolini and Attacks on Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Benito Mussolini came out of the more straightforwardly named National Fascist Party.
Dole, Nazis, and Desperation in Kansas|Michael Tomasky|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His brother, Benito, and aunt, Josefa Angulo Flores, died despite the efforts of paramedics to save them.
For Mexico’s Marines, An Epic Cartel Bust With Another Tragedy in Mind|Michael Daly|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In other words, Berlusconi's trivialization of the Shoah and his lenient views regarding Mussolini are not uncommon.
Why Do Italian Jews Tolerate Berlusconi's Trivialization of the Holocaust?|Anna Momigliano|November 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Alessandro had hard work to give civil answers to the men who wished to buy Benito and the wagon for quarter of their value.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
If you think you are going to get us to accept any such Mussolini dictatorship, you've got another guess coming.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
Are they not the very men who sent cables of homage to Hitler and Mussolini after the shame of Munich?
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase
One of them clambered up into the cab after the fireman, Benito.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey