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dux

[duhks, dooks]
–noun, plural du⋅ces [doo-seez, dyoo-, doo-keys] , dux⋅es [duhk-siz, dook-] .
1. British. 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.

Origin:
1800–10; < L: lit., leader, n. deriv. from base of dūcere to lead
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DUX
duplex (shortwave transmission)
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