dux

[ duhks, dooks ]

noun,plural du·ces [doo-seez, dyoo-, doo-keys], /ˈdu siz, ˈdyu-, ˈdu keɪs/, dux·es [duhk-siz, dook-]. /ˈdʌk sɪz, ˈdʊk-/.
  1. British. the pupil who is academically first in a class or school.

  2. (in the later Roman Empire) a military chief commanding the troops in a frontier province.

Origin of dux

1
1800–10; <Latin: literally, leader, noun derivative from base of dūcere to lead

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How to use dux in a sentence

  • At last the teacher asked where Sheffield was, and was answered; it was then pointed to by the dux, as a dot on a skeleton map.

    Spare Hours | John Brown
  • Nullus eum prohibeat, non rex, non dux, nec ulla persona habeat potestatem prohibendi ei.

  • He accepted, and for the fourteen remaining years of his life lived at dux, where he wrote his Memoirs.

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete | Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • My progress at school was so rapid during four or five months that the master promoted me to the rank of dux.

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete | Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • "Harry's, when you were made dux," whispered Ethel to her brother.

    The Daisy Chain | Charlotte Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for dux

dux

/ (dʌks) /


noun
  1. (in Scottish and certain other schools) the top pupil in a class or school

Origin of dux

1
Latin: leader

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