Masculine

duce

Meaning

  1. (archaic, literary, masculine) captain, leader, helm
  2. (broadly, masculine) an authoritarian leader

Frequency

23k
Hyphenated as
dù‧ce
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdu.t͡ʃe/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dux, ducis (“leader”). Compare the likewise borrowed doublets duca and doge.

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