dux: Meaning and Definition of

dux

Pronunciation: (duks, dooks), [key]
— pl. du•ces dux•es
  1. 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.
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