α. 1500s– doge, 1600s dodge.
β. 1600s dogue.
单词 | doge |
释义 | dogen.α. 1500s– doge, 1600s dodge. β. 1600s dogue. 1. The title given to the holder of the highest civil office of the republic of Venice from the 7th cent. until the Napoleonic conquest of 1797, and to an analogous magistrate in the republic of Genoa from the 14th cent. till 1797. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in Italian republics dukea1549 doge1549 gonfalonier1586 priora1630 abbot1734 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 77 Thei haue a Duke called after theyr maner, Doge. 1613 T. Fitzherbert Adioynder to Suppl. R. Persons Discuss. iii. 111 In respect of the rest of the Common welth, the Senators are all heads, though in respect of the Doge, they are but members subordinate to him. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 432 The Dodge or Duke..together with the Senat in their gownes, Imbarkd in their gloriously painted, carved & gilded Bucentoro. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3867/1 The Doge was carried in a very rich Sedan. 1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour III. 147 The signory [of Genoa] consists of the doge and twelve other members. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall VI. lx. 137 [In Venice] the annual election of the twelve tribunes was superseded by the permanent election of a duke or doge. 1849 J. Ruskin Samuel Prout in Art Jrnl. Mar. 77 The angle formed by St. Mark's Church with the Doge's palace. 1855 R. Browning Toccata of Galuppi's ii At Venice..where the Doges used to wed the sea with rings. 1882 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 742/1 What would Venetian art have been without the Doges..in that marvelous city of the sea. 1951 H. S. Canby Turn West, turn East ii. 55 Henry drifted away from the group to study the painting of an old doge by Titian. 2004 Opera Now Mar. 13/2 No Verdi enthusiast can go to Genoa without visiting the tomb of Simone Boccanegra, first Doge of Genoa, whose story inspired the opera. 2. In extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief headeOE headmanOE headsmanOE masterlinga1200 dukec1275 chevetaine1297 chief1297 headlingc1300 principalc1325 captainc1380 primatec1384 chieftainc1400 master-man1424 principate1483 grand captain1531 headmaster?1545 knap of the casec1555 capitano1594 muqaddam1598 mudaliyar1662 reis1677 sachem1684 doge1705 prytanis1790 gam1827 main guy1882 oga1917 ras1935 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 484 Avoyer, or Doge of the Commonwealth [of Meldingen in Switzerland]. 1836 J. Strange Germany in 1831 I. 65 This League..whose head Doge, the burgomaster of Lubeck, received the ambassadors of emperors and monarchs. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. 10 Young Hardie was Doge of a studious clique. 1903 W. S. Gilbert Comedy & Trag. in Orig. Plays W. S. Gilbert 15 I'm a doge, a king, a councillor, a burgess, a lackey. 1972 Sci. Amer. Mar. 122/2 Professor Morison is the dean and doge of American historians. 1992 New Republic 10 Aug. 12/2 Last week prosecutors there [sc. in Venice] indicted the two ‘doges’..accused of dividing up payoffs on all major public contracts in the region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549 |
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