dux

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  1. A leader; a chief; specifically, the head or chief pupil of a class or division in some public schools. Imp. Dict.
  2. In music, the subject or theme of a fugue: distinguished from the comes or answer.

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  • Posts: 4,858 moved to CSS forum re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively —  SitePoint » News & Trends
  • I bet you were, or are still the dux or goose of the school. —  ZDNET.com.au
  • Can you refresh us on how, you know what the D-dux (ph) are to get you from a, say, $6+ hub price, down to the 444? —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • Come, dux (to Slingsby, who happened to stand at the head of the line), tell me, sir, what does it suggest I know, sir!" —  Rivers of Ice
  • Any leader was a ‘duke’ (dux); thus “_duke Hannibal” (Sir Thomas Eylot), “_duke Brennus” (Holland), “_duke Theseus” (Shakespeare), “_duke Amalek”, with other ‘dukes’ (Gen. —  English Past and Present
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  1. Latin, a leader, general, chief: see duke.
 

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