duce

Card showing pair

Duce is the two on a playing card or die—the lowest value in most games.

In tennis, deuce (the more common spelling) is a tied score requiring two consecutive points to win.

He rolled snake eyes—two duces.

Capitalized, Il Duce ("the leader") was Mussolini's title as Italian dictator.

dictator

Mussolini

Italian fascist premier

fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
fascistAuthoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
BenitoSpanish blessed name

Italy · totalitarian · regime · blackshirts · nationalism · authoritarian · propaganda · Rome · tyrant · strongman

cards

deuce

Pair on dice

twoNumber after one
pairTwo matching things
pipFruit seed or dot

trump · wild · deck · suit · hearts · spades · diamonds · clubs · draw · discard

tennis

deuce

Pair on dice

advantageFavorable position or circumstance
tiebreakMethod to resolve draws
serveAttend to needs

receiver · rally · match point · set point · game point · love · break · ace · volley · baseline

Categories

autocratsautocrat, despot, dictator, tyrant, strongman
dictatorsdictator, tyrant, despot, autocrat, Stalin
militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
rulersmonarch, Caesar, ruler, sovereign, emperor

Opposites

card/dice rank

duceace

Single-pip card

king · queen · jack · high card · ten

political authority

Matter under discussion

follower · subordinate · commoner · peasant · citizen

political leadership style (il duce)

Advocate for popular rule

elected leader · prime minister · constitutional monarch · president · Mahatma Gandhi

Phrases

duct tapeStrong cloth-backed adhesive strip
air ductPassage for circulating air
tear ductEye's fluid drainage channel
duct tape solution
duct tapedBound with strong adhesive
duct tapingSecuring with strong adhesive

Family

reduce, produce, conduct, introduce, educate, deduce, induce, duct, introduced

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