dux

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

chief

leader

prizeman

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌks/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dux (“leader”). Doublet of doge, duc, and duke.