/duks, dooks/ , n. , pl. duces /dooh"seez, dyooh"-, dooh"kays/ , duxes /duk"siz, dook"-/ .
1. Brit. the pupil who is academically first in a class or school.
2. (in the later Roman Empire) a military chief commanding the troops in a frontier province.
[ 1800-10; ducere to lead ]