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rex

 (rĕks)
n.
A mammal, such as a rabbit or cat, having a genetic mutation that causes the guard hairs to be short or lacking, often resulting in a curly coat.

[From French (lapin) rex, rex (rabbit), name given to a breed of rabbit developed in France between 1919 and 1924 that displayed the mutation, from Latin rēx, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

rex adj.
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Rex

(rɛks)
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) king: part of the official title of a king, now used chiefly in documents, legal proceedings, inscriptions on coins, etc. Compare Regina1
[Latin]
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rex

(rɛks; Eng. rɛks)

n., pl. re•ges (ˈrɛ gɛs; Eng. ˈri dʒiz)
Latin.
king.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rex - a male sovereignRex - a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty"
King of England, King of Great Britain - the sovereign ruler of England
King of France - the sovereign ruler of France
King of the Germans - the sovereign ruler of the Germans
crowned head, monarch, sovereign - a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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References in classic literature ?
There is an old charter which puts the matter naively: apropos of fidelity: Civibus fidelitas in reges, quoe tamen aliquoties seditionibus interrypta, multa peperit privileyia .
Reges, a Luxury Collection Resort and Spa, has opened in Cesme, Turkey, and is Marriott International's third hotel in the country.
The Luxury Collection, part of Marriott International, has announced the opening of Reges, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, in Cesme, Turkey.
The first of these is derived from parcuf (an old loan word from Greek, prosopon) 'face' + -on, while the second comes from the word reges (cf.
For the period of study, 2012-17, we collected hail depth information from storm reports complied by the NWS (Storm Data) and the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS; see www.cocorahs.org/; Reges et al.
(15) In so doing, it incorporates a series of short texts of historiographical nature, including a genealogy of the Saracens from Abraham to the contemporary Andalusi emir, Muhammad I (852-886), a history of Muhammad the 'pseudo propheta', a narrative of the Arab conquest of the peninsula and its providentialist explanation, and a list of the governors (duces) and later emirs (reges) of al-Andalus.
(1) "Novitate gaudens Italia nihil habet stabile, nullum in ea vetus regnum, facile hic ex servis reges videmus".
Vilchinsky, N., Yaakov, M., Sigawi, L., Leibowitz, M., Reges, O., Levit, O, Khaskia, A., & Mosseri, M.
Astyanax super unus erat, quem Juppiter unum Conderet ut Francos Reges a caede levar[e]t.