duce

duce
    n 1: leader; "Mussolini was called Il Duce"
    

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "duce":
      Mahdi, Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler,
      all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, bell cow,
      bell mare, bellwether, born leader, caesar, charismatic leader,
      choirmaster, choragus, commissar, conductor, coryphaeus, czar,
      despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, file leader, forerunner,
      fugleman, hard master, inspired leader, leader, leader of men,
      martinet, messiah, oligarch, oppressor, pacemaker, pacesetter,
      pharaoh, precentor, ringleader, slave driver, standard-bearer,
      stickler, strong man, symphonic conductor, torchbearer, tyrant,
      usurper, warlord