DUCE meaning: Leader, often with authoritarian control

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word duce:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

duce: Merriam-Webster
Duce: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
duce: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
duce: Collins English Dictionary
duce: Vocabulary.com
Duce, duce: Wordnik
Duce: Wiktionary
duce: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
duce: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
duce: Infoplease Dictionary
duce: Dictionary.com
Duce: Online Etymology Dictionary
Duce (disambiguation), Duce: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
duce: Rhymezone
duce: FreeDictionary.org
duce: Mnemonic Dictionary
duce: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)

-duce: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

duce: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
duce, duce: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Duce)

▸ noun:  (fascism) an authoritarian leader, especially Benito Mussolini
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of Il Duce [(historical) The title which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini assumed during his rule (1922—1945).]

Opposite:

subordinate, follower, underling, assistant, lieutenant

Types:

Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Franco, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-un, more...

Phrases:

Il Duce, Duce Staley, Adam Duce, Sharon Duce, more...

Adjectives:

pro, future, great, former, dear, second, italian, intro, agricultural, beloved, wild

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