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dux

/dʌks/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
  2. A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
  3. The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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