Il Duce

Betekenis (Engels)

The title which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini assumed during his rule (1922—1945).

Sinonieme

Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

duce

Duce

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/iːl ˈduːtʃeɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Italian il Duce (literally “the Leader”), from duce (“commander, leader”), from Latin dux, accusative ducem (“leader”), from the nomen agentis form of Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to lead”). Doublet of duke.