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–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

Related forms:

dogedom, noun

dogeship, noun

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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.]

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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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