Doge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dəʊdʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Doge is a noun meaning (Internet slang, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of doggy.
Meaning
(Internet slang, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of doggy.
More Meanings
- (Internet slang, humorous) Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme.
- Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.
- (historical) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
Example Sentences
In the thirteenth century, a new method of appointing the doge, by the famous ballot of Venice, a complicated mixture of choice and chance, was adopted.
The doge and the Venetian Senate might still be the servants (douloi) of the emperor, but nonetheless they were able to fix the price of their naval aid.
This reply was one of the first important pronouncements to be made by Antonio Grimani, who on 6 July had been elected seventy-fourth Doge of Venice in succession to Leonardo Loredan.
Bobsled wasn't the only Dogecoin-backed sporting success. Fans of Nascar will recognise the car driven by Josh Wise, emblazoned, as it is, with the adorable little doge on its bonnet (pictured above).
Word Forms
- doges
- dogi
- dogeing
- doged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include duke, dogedom, dogeship, prior, podesta, magistrate.
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