Associations to the word «Dux»

Wiktionary

DUX, noun. (UK) (Australia) The top academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
DUX, noun. (historical) A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
DUX, noun. (music) The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
DUX BELLORUM, noun. A war leader or warlord

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats