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Definition of Rex noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Rex

noun
 
/reks/
 
/reks/
[uncountable]
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  1. (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
    compare Regina
  2. a first name for boys
    3. Word OriginLatin, literally ‘king’.
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