| 单词 |
doge |
| 释义 |
‖ doge|dəʊdʒ|
[a. F. doge (monosyll.), ad. Venetian doge (disyll.), repr. an It. *doce = duce:—L. duc-em (dux) leader, duke.]
The title of the chief magistrate in the formerly existing republics of Venice and Genoa.
1549Thomas Hist. Italie 77 a (Stanf.) They haue a Duke called after theyr maner, Doge. 1645Evelyn Diary June (1889) I. 203 The Doge..together with the Senat in their gownes, imbarked in their gloriously painted carved and gilded Bucentora. 1776–81Gibbon Decl. & F. lx. (R.), The annual election of the twelve tribunes was superseded by the permanent election of a duke or doge. 1855Browning Toccata of Galuppi's ii, At Venice..where the Doges used to wed the sea with rings.
b. transf. and fig. Applied to any chief magistrate or leader.
1836J. Strange Germany in 1831 I. 65 This League..whose head Doge, the burgomaster of Lubeck, received the ambassadors of emperors and monarchs. 1863Reade Hard Cash I. 10 Young Hardie was Doge of a studious clique.
Hence ˈdogedom, the dominion of a doge; the world of doges, doges collectively. ˈdogeless a., without a doge. ˈdogeship, the office or rank of a doge; the dignity or personality of a doge.
1893Marg. Symonds Doge's Farm 225 All the potentates of the dogedom. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. iv, The Dogeless city's vanish'd sway. 1677Govt. Venice 181 In the Dogeship of Renier Zen..the Grand Council added four more to them. 1821Byron Two Foscari iv. i. 294 His Dogeship answer'd. |
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