- Il Duce /il/ ⇒ the title assumed by Benito Mussolini as leader of Fascist Italy (1922–43)
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il Du•ce
(ēl do̅o̅′chā; It. ēl do̅o̅′che),USA pronunciation
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmentduce (def. 2).
du•ce
(do̅o̅′chā; It. do̅o̅′che),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ces, -ci (-chē).USA pronunciation
- Foreign Terms, Governmenta leader or dictator.
- Government il Duce, the leader: applied esp. to Benito Mussolini as head of the fascist Italian state.
- Medieval Latin dux (genitive ducis), Latin: leader; compare duke, dux
- Italian
- 1920–25
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Duce /Italian: ˈduːtʃe/ n
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