Doge

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 32

dōj, n. formerly the chief-magistrate in Venice and Genoa.— ns. Dogare ′a , the wife of a doge; Dog′ate , Doge′ate , Doge′ship . [It., prov. for duce = Eng. duke —L. dux , a leader— ducĕre , to lead.]