Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Doge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doge \Doge\, n. [It doge, dogio, for duce, duca, fr. L. dux,
ducis, a leader, commander. See {Duke}.]
The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doge
n : formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and
Genoa
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