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Benito
[buh-nee-toh;; Italian be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Italian bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), (I”Il Duce”) 1883–1945, Italian Fascist leader: premier of Italy 1922–43.
Contemporary Examples
Dole, Nazis, and Desperation in Kansas Michael Tomasky September 25, 2014
Why Do Italian Jews Tolerate Berlusconi’s Trivialization of the Holocaust? Anna Momigliano November 5, 2013
Why the Mosque Scares the Right M.J. Akbar August 13, 2010
In Rome’s Riots, Cries for Mussolini and Attacks on Refugees Barbie Latza Nadeau November 13, 2014
noun
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
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