Rex
noun/reks/
/reks/
[uncountable]- (British English, from Latin, formal) a word meaning ‘king’, used, for example, in the titles of legal cases brought by the state when there is a king in the UK
- Rex v Jones
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- a first name for boys
Word OriginLatin, literally ‘king’.
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