doge (n.) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionaryš
doge dÅj, n. formerly the chief-magistrate in
Venice and Genoa.āns.Dogaressā²a, the wife of a doge; Dogā²ate, Dogeā²ate, Dogeā²ship. [It., prov. for duce = Eng.
dukeāL. dux, a leaderāducÄre, to
lead.]
Wikipedia
Doge (plural dogi or doges) is a word of an Italian dialect that comes from the Latin "dux" (as does the English "duke" and the standard Italian "duce"), that means "leader", especially in a military context.
The title of Doge was used for the elected chief of state in a number of Italian "crowned republics". The two best known such republics were Venice and Genoa, which had both maritime, commercial, and territorial mini-empires.
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