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dux bellorum

dux bellorum noun: a war leader or warlord.

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

Forms of dux bellorum

pluralduces bellorum

Origin of dux bellorum

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

Questions about dux bellorum

What does dux bellorum mean?
Dux bellorum means a war leader or warlord.
What part of speech is dux bellorum?
Dux bellorum is a noun.
What is the plural of dux bellorum?
The plural of dux bellorum is duces bellorum.

Words near dux bellorum in the dictionary

  1. Duwe
  2. duwende
  3. duwendes
  4. Duwes
  5. dux
  6. dux bellorum
  7. Duxbury
  8. Duxburys
  9. duxelle
  10. duxelles
  11. duxes

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