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Duce
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duce
English
Alternative forms
English surname en Dowse
Etymology 1
As an English surname, from the obsolete adjective en douce sweet.
As an en it - surname, from it duce leader.
Proper noun
s
en.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
the Duce
en Il Duce.
Anagrams
en cdeu Cude Educ. cued educ.
Italian
it:
Etymology
en antonomasia Antonomasia of it duce commander, leader, from it la dux ducem leader, from the nomen agentis form of it ine-pro *dewk-, whence also la dūcō to lead.
Pronunciation
Dùce
it
Proper noun
m il Duce
it historical _ politics Il Duce title assumed by Mussolini
it Duce del Fascismo