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
Word origin
[1800–10; ‹ L: lit., leader, n. deriv. from base of dūcere to lead]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gong, peripheral, rejuvenate, studio, unprofessional
Examples of 'dux' in a sentence
dux
He was a very bright pupil who just missed out on being dux.