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doge

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doge  (dj)
n.
The elected chief magistrate of the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
[Italian dialectal, from Latin dux, duc-, leader, from dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
doge [dəʊdʒ]
n
(Historical Terms) (formerly) the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice (until 1797) and Genoa (until 1805)
[via French from Italian (Venetian dialect), from Latin dux leader]
dogeship  n
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Noun1.dogedoge - formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
judge, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Translations
doge [dəʊdʒ] N → dux m


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) is prostrate before the Pope, there are three men in the foreground who are over thirty feet high, if one may judge by the size of a kneeling little boy in the center of the foreground; and according to the same scale, the Pope is seven feet high and the Doge is a shriveled dwarf of four feet.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
I am a Venetian noble, and I might have been a doge like any one else.
Facino Cane by de Balzac, Honore View in context
There were one thousand five hundred Patricians; from these, three hundred Senators were chosen; from the Senators a Doge and a Council of Ten were selected, and by secret ballot the Ten chose from their own number a Council of Three.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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