il duce

1. 1.

   Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)

   SynonymsMussoliniBenito Mussolini

   Broaderdictator

Questions about il duce

What does il duce mean?

il duce means "Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)".

What is another word for il duce?

Close synonyms include Mussolini, Benito Mussolini. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is il duce a common word?

il duce is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.