dux

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1)  The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
 * 2)  A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
 * 3)  The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
 * 1)  A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
 * 2)  The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
 * 1)  A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
 * 2)  The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
 * 1)  The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  courage

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) leader, head
 * 2) commander, general, captain
 * 3) prince, ruler
 * 4) guide, cicerone, conductor
 * 5)  duke
 * 6) (ambiguous example quotation; various possible interpretations)
 * 1) (ambiguous example quotation; various possible interpretations)

Usage notes
During the Roman Republic,  could refer to anyone who commanded troops including foreign leaders but was not a formal military rank. In writing his commentaries on the Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar uses the term only for Celtic generals, with one exception for a Roman commander who held no official rank.

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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) doge chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa