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doge

  [dohj]
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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 
"chief magistrate of Venice or Genoa," 1549, from Venetian dial. doge, from L. ducem, acc. of dux "leader" (see duke).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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