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dux

/dʌks/

Sounds like ducks · Rhymes with -ʌks

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Borrowed from Latin dux (“leader”). Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and duke.

noun duxes · duces

Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Scotland The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline. […]on the motion of Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart., Lord Provost, unanimously resolved, July 27, 1814, “that there be annually presented by the town of Edinburgh to the boy at the head of the Greek class, taught by the rector of the High School, a gold medal of the same value [five guineas] as that an
Similar: valedictorian
historical A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.

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@misc{dux_2026,
  title = {dux},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dux},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}