dux
Americannoun
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British. the pupil who is academically first in a class or school.
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(in the later Roman Empire) a military chief commanding the troops in a frontier province.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of dux
1800–10; < Latin: literally, leader, noun derivative from base of dūcere to lead
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"This is the first record of a giant squid detected off Western Australia's coast using eDNA protocols and the northernmost record of A. dux in the eastern Indian Ocean," Dr. Kirkendale said.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
She didn’t fully trust that they had “captured” a giant until Steve O’Shea, a marine biologist from New Zealand, and Kubodera confirmed it was, in fact, the elusive Architeuthis dux.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2013
Robert Benz, who was fishing with friends, says they spotted the giant squid, Architeuthis dux, about 11 a.m.
From US News ● Jul. 12, 2011
In my class there was a boy, a very little boy, who had been a dux at school and was a dunce at college.
From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
After many assautes and grete escarmisshes and a Karolus dux Britanni� captus est per E. iijm. bataile manly foughten, the said duke was take, and havyng .vij. woundes was presentid to the said king Edward.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
She also pro- duces food and spirit events across the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
In the lead-up to trial, Burr, taking aim at his accusers, moved for a subpoena duces tecum directed at Jefferson.
From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2020
The subpoena duces tecum is challenged on the ground that the Special Prosecutor failed to satisfy the requirements of Fed.
From MSNBC ● Jul. 22, 2015
Enforcement of the subpoena duces tecum was stayed pending this Court’s resolution of the issues raised by the petitions for certiorari.
From MSNBC ● Jul. 22, 2015
The master in Gaul, with the duces and comites in the provinces were under his orders.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
The duxes from the schools suffered a little during their first year, from a feeling that they and Sellar understood each other.
From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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