dux

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.

/dʌks/ EN-AU ck1 dux.ogg

dux duxes duces

Borrowed from Latin dux (“leader”). Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and duke.

valedictorian

duke dux bellorum doge

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