Duce
pronunciation
How to pronounce Duce in British English: UK
How to pronounce Duce in American English: US
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- Noun:
- leader
Word Origin
- Duce (n.)
- 1923, title assumed by Benito Mussolini (1883-1945); Italian, literally "leader," from Latin ducem (see duke (n.)).
Example
- 1. Who will duce this pork ?
- 2. But a previously unknown area of il duce 's cv has come to light : his brief career as a british agent .
- 3. Wouldn 't want you to get in trouble with ii duce here .
- 4. The result showed that the optimize way could , duce the air condition system energy consumption obviously .
- 5. My colleague john duce and I wrote in this week 's issue of bloomberg businessweek about china 's search for unconventional gas - gas trapped in coal deposits , for instance , or in shale .