duce

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Du=ce

OXFORD DICTIONARY

duce, n. a leader, esp. (Il Duce) the title assumed by Mussolini (d.
1945).

Etymology

It., = leader

THESAURUS

duce

Mahdi, Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, bell cow, bell mare, bellwether, born leader, caesar, charismatic leader, choirmaster, choragus, commissar, conductor, coryphaeus, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, file leader, forerunner, fugleman, hard master, inspired leader, leader, leader of men, martinet, messiah, oligarch, oppressor, pacemaker, pacesetter, pharaoh, precentor, ringleader, slave driver, standard-bearer, stickler, strong man, symphonic conductor, torchbearer, tyrant, usurper, warlord