doge en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ/ (US)
- /doʊʒ/ (US)
- /dəʊʒ/ (UK)
- /doʊd͡ʒ/ (US)
- /ˈdəʊ.dʒeɪ/ (UK)
- /dəʊdʒ/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin dux Venetan doxebor. Italian dogeder. English doge Partly from Middle French doge and partly from its etymon, Italian doge, from Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader; commander; ruler”). Doublet of duc, duce, duke, and dux.
Meanings
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(historical) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
The doge and the Venetian Senate might still be the servants (douloi) of the emperor, but nonetheless they were able to fix the price of their naval aid.
2013, Judith Herrin, “The Collapse of the Byzantine Empire in the Twelfth Century: A Study of a Medieval Economy”, in Margins and Metropolis: Authority Across the Byzantine Empire, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, page 114:This reply was one of the first important pronouncements to be made by Antonio Grimani, who on 6 July had been elected seventy-fourth Doge of Venice in succession to Leonardo Loredan.
1982, John Julius Norwich, chapter 34, in A History of Venice, page 346:In the thirteenth century, a new method of appointing the doge, by the famous ballot of Venice, a complicated mixture of choice and chance, was adopted.
1797, John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States, page 62:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doge | alternative | lexicographic | |
| doges | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dogi | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dogedom · dogess · dogeship · dogeless
Relateds
dukeship · duchess · duke · ducat · dukedom · ducal · dogal · dogate · dogaressa · duchy
Translations (43)
el δόγης (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · hu dózse (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · cs dóže (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · sv doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · ota دوژ (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · pt doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · bg дож (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · ca dux (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · ga dóg (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · kk дож (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · pl doża (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · vec doxe (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · sh дужд (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · fur dûs (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · mk дужд (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · fa دوجه (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · lij dûxe (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · ar دوج (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · ar دُوق (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · az doj (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · et doodž (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · zu inqola (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · be дож (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · de Doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · ro doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · fi doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · hi डोगे (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · nl doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · ka დოჟი (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · fr doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · it doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · es dogo (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · tr doj (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · hy դոժ (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · io dojo (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · da doge (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · lmo dus (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · eo doĝo (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · es dux (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · lv dodžs (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · uk дож (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · ru дож (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa) · sh dužd (chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa)