Doge

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  doge
       n : formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and
           Genoa