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doge

[dohj]
–noun
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.

Origin:
1540–50; < Upper It (Venetian) < L ducem, acc. of dux leader; cf. duce, duke, dux


dogedom, noun
dogeship, noun
doge   (dōj)   
n.  The elected chief magistrate of the former republics of Venice and Genoa.

[Italian dialectal, from Latin dux, duc-, leader, from dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

Doge

Doge\, n. [It doge, dogio, for duce, duca, fr. L. dux, ducis, a leader, commander. See Duke.] The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

doge 
"chief magistrate of Venice or Genoa," 1549, from Venetian dial. doge, from L. ducem, acc. of dux "leader" (see duke).
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