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–noun, plural -ces, -ci

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1.	a leader or dictator.

2.	il Duce, the leader: applied esp. to Benito Mussolini as head of the fascist Italian state.

[Origin: 1920–25; < It < ML dux (gen. ducis), L: leader; cf. duke, dux

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n. A leader or commander; a chief.

[Italian, from Latin dux, duc-; see duke.]

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Duce

1923, title assumed by Benito Mussolini 1883-1945), It., lit. "leader," from L. ducem (see duke).

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duce
noun
leader; "Mussolini was called Il Duce"

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