| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | d j |
| NOUN: | The elected chief magistrate of the former republics of Venice and Genoa. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian dialectal, from Latin dux, duc-, leader, from d cere, to lead. See deuk- in Appendix I.
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