rex

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

rex(n = noun.person) king, male monarch - a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom; Array

is a member of royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty

has particulars: king of england, king of great britain, king of france, king of the germans

is a kind of crowned head, monarch, sovereign

rex, n. [L.].

A king. [1913 Webster]

To play rex, to play the king; to domineer. [Obs.]

rex, n. the reigning king (following a name or in the titles of lawsuits, e.g. Rex v. Jones the Crown versus Jones).

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