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| − | # {{Scotland|New Zealand|Australia|South African}} The top student in a school (usually awarded to the top academic student of the year). | + | # {{UK}} The top academic student in a [[school]], or in a [[year]] of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline. |
| − | # A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion. | + | #* '''1849''', Wilhelm Steven, ''The History of the High School of Edinburgh'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=f7VLAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA191&dq=%22dux%22|%22duxes%22|%22duces%22+-intitle:%22dux%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sapIT6KcCY-XmQWxrdmrDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dux%22|%22duxes%22|%22duces%22%20-intitle%3A%22dux%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 191], |
| | + | #*: {{...}}on the motion of Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart., Lord Provost, unanimously resolved, July 27, 1814, "that there be annually presented by the town of Edinburgh to the boy at the head of the Greek class, taught by the rector of the High School, a gold medal of the same value [five guineas] as that annually presented to the '''dux''' of the Latin class." |
| | + | #* '''1999''', Keith Scott, ''Gareth Evans'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IbDL3fI961YC&pg=PA29&dq=%22dux%22|%22duxes%22|%22duces%22+school+-intitle:%22dux%22+-inauthor:%22dux%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FsBIT42EL-GUiAeIhKmEDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dux%22|%22duxes%22|%22duces%22%20school%20-intitle%3A%22dux%22%20-inauthor%3A%22dux%22&f=false page 29], |
| | + | #*: He finished the year '''dux''' of Form III with an average 90 per cent over eight subjects. The school did not award end-of-year marks in fourth and fifth forms, but Evans′ report for those years shows he passed all subjects in both years and was again '''dux''' in Form V. |
| | + | #* '''2010''', Roger K. A. Allen, ''Ballina Boy'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sRoQeWZFSwsC&pg=PA28&dq=%22dux%22|%22duxes%22|%22duces%22+school+-intitle:%22dux%22+-inauthor:%22dux%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KcdIT9D4DcjvmAWgk5iIDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dux%22|%22duxes%22|%22duces%22%20school%20-intitle%3A%22dux%22%20-inauthor%3A%22dux%22&f=false page 28], |
| | + | #*: This school was where my father had been '''dux''' in his senior year in 1937 just as his father had been '''dux''' at the Rockhampton Grammar School<sup>27</sup> before the turn of the 19th century. |
| | + | #* '''2011''', A. Lydiard, ''Running to the Top'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qw_FyJ97-JIC&pg=PA17&dq=%22dux%22|%22duxes%22|%22duces%22+school+-intitle:%22dux%22+-inauthor:%22dux%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KcdIT9D4DcjvmAWgk5iIDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dux%22|%22duxes%22|%22duces%22%20school%20-intitle%3A%22dux%22%20-inauthor%3A%22dux%22&f=false page 17], |
| | + | #*: Quite a few who became national athletic champions were also '''duxes''' or top academic pupils at their schools. |
| | + | # {{historical}} A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion. |
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