Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, Scotland
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Synonyms: valedictorian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin dux (“leader”). Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and duke.
