dux bellorum

noun

A war leader or warlord.

OriginLatin dux →
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Meanings

noundux bellorum (plural duces bellorum)

plural duces bellorum

  1. A war leader or warlord.

    The desperate kings turned to a dux bellorum -- no monarch, but in those times something far more prestigious: a military commander of great gifts and courage […]

    1988, William Manchester, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, volume 2, page 506

Origin

  1. Latindux
  2. Englishdux bellorum

From Latin dux (leader) + bellum (battle, war).

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