Rex

¹

[reks]

noun

1. a Belgian fascist party founded in 1935.

Rex

²

[reks]

noun

1. a male given name.

rex

³

[reks, reks]

noun

Latin.

plural

reges 

1. king.

Rex

/ rɛks /

noun

1. king: part of the official title of a king, now used chiefly in documents, legal proceedings, inscriptions on coins, etc Compare Regina 1

Other Word Forms

• Rexist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rex¹

After Christus Rex, title of a publication put out by its founders

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rex¹

Latin

Example Sentences

While I appreciate that the airport has relocated its famous statue of Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception to the new digs, my understanding is that the old terminal’s T. Rex skeleton did not make the trip.

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“Chaos est rex regis,” Beowulf added in Latin, by which he meant “confusion reigns.”

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Could everything we thought we knew about T. rex growth be wrong?

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A remarkably complete tyrannosaur skeleton has brought new clarity to one of paleontology's longest debates: whether Nanotyrannus was its own species or merely a young Tyrannosaurus rex.

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After extensive analysis, scientists have confirmed that the smaller predator was not a juvenile T. rex, but an adult Nanotyrannus lancensis.

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• monarch