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'Doge' is a word borrowed from French 'doge'. The word entered the English language some time around 1549.

doge [noun] [1549]

The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa

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note: French from Venetian Italian doze from Latin dux or duc.
Etymology: Italian dialect, from Latin 'duc-, dux' leader

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