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Mussolini
[ moos-uh-lee-nee, moo-suh-; Italian moos-saw-lee-nee ]
noun
- Be·ni·to [b, uh, -, nee, -toh, be-, nee, -taw], Il Duce, 1883–1945, Italian Fascist leader: premier of Italy 1922–43.
Mussolini
/ ˌmʊsəˈliːnɪ; mussoˈliːni /
noun
- MussoliniBenito18831945MItalianPOLITICS: head of state Benito (beˈniːto) known as il Duce. 1883–1945, Italian Fascist dictator. After the Fascist march on Rome, he was appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III (1922) and assumed dictatorial powers. He annexed Abyssinia and allied Italy with Germany (1936), entering World War II in 1940. He was forced to resign following the Allied invasion of Sicily (1943) and was eventually shot by Italian partisans
Example Sentences
He cannot be compared with people like Hitler and Mussolini.
The Roman salute was widely used in Italy by Benito Mussolini's Fascist Party, before later being adopted by Adolf Hitler in Germany.
Bernabe was filmed making the salute and chanting "duce, duce", which translates as "leader, leader" and is commonly associated with former fascist Italian leader Benito Mussolini.
As history professor and author of "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present" Ruth Ben-Ghiat wrote on X, "Note the K$H logo. I could update the masculinity chapter of #Strongmen with this image."
The Associated Press story began: “Hang on to your scalps, Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini, for 29 red-blooded young Americans are on the warpath … “
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