Il Duce
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editBorrowed from Italian il Duce (literally “the Leader”), from duce (“commander, leader”), from Latin dux, accusative ducem (“leader”), from the nomen agentis form of Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to lead”). Doublet of duke.
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editIl Duce
- (historical) The title which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini assumed during his rule (1922—1945).
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edittitle assumed by Mussolini
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