Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DUX
Dux, n. Etym: [L., leader. ] (Mus. )
Defn: The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dux
dux |dʌks | ▶noun ( pl. duces |ˈdjuːsiːz | ) chiefly Scottish the top pupil in a school or class. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (denoting the leading voice or instrument in a fugue or canon ): from Latin, ‘leader ’.
dux
dux |dəks dəks | ▶noun ( pl. duces |ˈd (y )o͞osēz, ˈdo͞okāz | or duxes ) a Saxon chief or leader. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin, ‘leader. ’
Oxford Dictionary
dux
dux |dəks dəks | ▶noun ( pl. duces |ˈd (y )o͞osēz, ˈdo͞okāz | or duxes ) a Saxon chief or leader. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin, ‘leader. ’
dux
dux |dʌks | ▶noun ( pl. duces |ˈdjuːsiːz | ) chiefly Scottish the top pupil in a school or class. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (denoting the leading voice or instrument in a fugue or canon ): from Latin, ‘leader ’.
Duden Dictionary
Dux
Dux Substantiv, maskulin Musik , der |D u x |der Dux; Genitiv: des Dux, Duces |[ˈduːt͜seːs ]|lateinisch dux = Führer, zu: ducere = ziehen, führen meist einstimmiges Fugenthema in der Haupttonart, das im Comes 2 mündet
Spanish Dictionary
dux
dux nombre masculino Magistrado supremo de las antiguas repúblicas de Génova y Venecia .SINÓNIMO dogo .El plural es dux .
The Wordsmith Dictionary