noun
also dou·ma ˈdümə, -ˌmä
( -s )
Etymology: Russian duma, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic doms judgment — more at doom
1. : an elective council in Russia
Catherine II introduced elective municipal dumas — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink
2. often capitalized : a legislative assembly functioning primarily as a council of state in czarist Russia
an unsatisfactory bill was presented by the government for the consideration of the Third Duma — Valentine Ughet & Eleanor Davis