rex
noun
king.
rex
1 American
[r eks, reks]
/ rɛks, rɛks /
noun
Latin.
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reges
plural
Rex
2
American
[reks]
/ rɛks /
noun
Rex
3
American
[reks]
/ rɛks /
noun
Rex
British
/ rɛks /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Rex
After Christus Rex, title of a publication put out by its founders
Example Sentences
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“Run, Denise!” is the kind of unhelpful remark, delivered by Greg when his wife is already well aware that a T. rex is bearing down on her, that defines the dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
They and the other dinosaurs — a T. rex, an armored ankylosaurus, a sight-gag-worthy giant snake — adapt to the 20th century as comfortably as coyotes, skulking through backyards in search of prey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Gus" is one of the world's most complete T. rex skeletons -- with 183 fossilized bones -- and was discovered on a cattle ranch in South Dakota in 2021.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
But it took a further three years in the lab to piece the T. rex back together.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
If it is a dinosaur, I sure hope it’s a vegetarian like Triceratops and not a meat-eater like T. rex!
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
“We have like 28 cousins,” said San Clemente High strong safety/receiver Jaxson Rex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
There were eight Rex siblings who grew up first in Hawaii, then Bellflower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“They’re going to be spending cash for the indefinite future. The idea of free cash flow is just not part of the story,” Bill Birmingham, managing director at exchange-traded product provider Rex Shares, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
A keen footballer from a young age, Rex describes the role as "a crazy matching of both my worlds".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Nate,” Rex Rollins says, “is this cell phone number, here, on your application sheet—is this the best number to call you?”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
On his refusing this honour, Mary wrote, or caused to be written, the following lines in Latin and French: Sunt comites, ducesque alii; sunt denique reges; Sethom dominum sit satis esse mihi.
From The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott
Vergil's own words would imply that his early effort centered about Aeneas' wars in Italy; the sixth Eclogue, Cum canerem reges et proelia, is rather explicit on this point.
From Vergil A Biography by Tenney Frank
Eusebius says that at the beginning of the Olympiads Lacedæmoniorum reges defecerunt, which error arose from the lists ending here, which had been made for computing the preceding periods.544.Apollod. ap.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
It is something to be thankful for if we have not to apply to them the adage—Quic-quid delirant reges plectuntur Achivi—'When kings go mad their people get their blows.'
From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) by Andrew Steinmetz
Of Master Richard's speaking with the King's Grace: and how he was taken for it Et nunc reges intelligite: erudimini qui judicatis terram.
From The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary by Robert Hugh Benson
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