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duces bellorum

duces bellorum is the plural of dux bellorum.

Meaning of dux bellorum

Noun

dux 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

Questions about duces bellorum

What is duces bellorum the plural of?
Duces bellorum is the plural of dux bellorum.

Words near duces bellorum in the dictionary

  1. Ducci sequence
  2. Ducci sequences
  3. duce
  4. duceavil
  5. duces
  6. duces bellorum
  7. duces tecum
  8. DUCET
  9. Ducey
  10. Duceys
  11. Duchaine

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