Definitions

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  • noun leader

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Examples

  • "Duce" is an Italian word commonly applied to which Italian leader?

    January 2007 2007

  • Morally, the difference between him and Il Duce is lack of ambition and extreme cowardice.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “He Grabbed a Rifle, Held It Up, and Looked Right at Me.” 2010

  • ‘Also, I need to know if someone called the Duce Tiepolo has recently re-entered the country.’

    The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

  • ‘Also, I need to know if someone called the Duce Tiepolo has recently re-entered the country.’

    The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

  • The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders history of an Irishwoman's attempt to assassinate the Duce is a fine study of

    WN.com - Articles related to A century of distinction: 100 women who changed the world 2010

  • Compared to the farcical Polish "Duce" and his tragicomical blackshort minions, however, Szálasi's followers were far more fearsome.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Johnny Pez 2010

  • Compared to the farcical Polish "Duce" and his tragicomical blackshort minions, however, Szálasi's followers were far more fearsome.

    DBTL 19A: Testvér a Testvérért Johnny Pez 2010

  • When Bolesław Piasecki, "Duce" of the National Socialists, learned of these informal campus groups, he proceded to organize them into a national collegiate "Society of St. Eligius" which served as a recruitment arm for the radical Right.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Johnny Pez 2009

  • The "Duce" was sitting at his desk, staring at the same newspaper Sikorski himself had been reading not long before.

    DBTL 35: Money Changes Everything Johnny Pez 2009

  • When Bolesław Piasecki, "Duce" of the National Socialists, learned of these informal campus groups, he proceded to organize them into a national collegiate "Society of St. Eligius" which served as a recruitment arm for the radical Right.

    DBTL 5: St. Elsewhere Johnny Pez 2009

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