noun
- plural of douma; a Russian legislative body or assembly, especially the lower house of the Russian parliament.
Usage: historical; often capitalized when referring to the Russian State Duma
Examples
- The doumas of early 20th-century Russia played a significant role in political reform.
- Members of the doumas debated legislation affecting the empire.
- The State Duma is the modern successor to the historical doumas.
- Russian doumas represented an attempt at constitutional governance during the imperial period.