duces

/D UW1 S IH0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.

  2. 2

    A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.

  3. 3

    The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.

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