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reges

Syllables: reg·es

reges is the plural of rex.

Meaning of rex

Noun

rex (plural rexes or (rare, sense 1 only) reges)

  1. A king, particularly in ancient Rome.
    • And though the sturdy patrician nobility had already gained ground, though the reges attempted gradually to enlarge the scope of their functions—all this does not change the elementary and fundamental character of the constitution, and this alone is essential.1902, Frederick Engels, translated by Ernest Untermann, “Gens and State in Rome”, in The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Chicago, Ill.: Charles H[ope] Kerr & Company, →OCLC...
  2. An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.

See all 8 meanings of rex

Origin of reges

Borrowed from Latin rēgēs.

Phrases with reges

Questions about reges

What is reges the plural of?
Reges is the plural of rex.

Words near reges in the dictionary

  1. regerminates
  2. regerminating
  3. regermination
  4. regerminations
  5. Regers
  6. reges
  7. regest
  8. regested
  9. regester
  10. Regesters
  11. regesting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reges (page history and authors); rex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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