Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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 The Century Dictionary.
- noun A king.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A king.
- noun [Obs.] to play the king; to domineer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
animal which has agenetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And over all these float flags of every hue and purport, from the blue and gold with its loyal "_Ut rex, sit rex_" to the ominous crimson, flaming with a lurid furnace and the terrible motto, "_Quasi ignis conflatoris_."
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"To Charlemagne's vaulting ambitions," Lewis writes, "the symmetry of a Frankland flanked by two conquered peninsulas proved irresistible - rex Hispanicum added to the title rex Francorum et Langobardum."
The New York Review of Books Kwame Anthony Appiah 2008
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"To Charlemagne's vaulting ambitions," Lewis writes, "the symmetry of a Frankland flanked by two conquered peninsulas proved irresistible ” rex Hispanicum added to the title rex Francorum et Langobardum."
How Muslims Made Europe Appiah, Kwame Anthony 2008
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Also I was wondering if I should get Count dooku or Captain rex since Im going to buy Asajj Ventress and I can only get one of the two (count and captain).
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Also I was wondering if I should get Count dooku or Captain rex since Im going to buy Asajj Ventress and I can only get one of the two (count and captain).
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Ill be waiting to see what the hell t-rex is about and if it is just as good as the others. jason on Feb 14, 2009
First Poster for Rob Zombie's Tyrannosaurus Rex « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Phew! on January 7, 2008 at 1: 17 pm | Reply notellin rex imperator
Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Also called the Shoe-billed stork, She-billed stork [not a typo], Whale-bill or Whale-headed stork, B. rex is a long-legged big-billed waterbird of central Africa, and a specialist denizen of papyrus swamps.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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If Tyrannosaurus rex is my prey, I'm gonna say a B-52 "Arc Light" airstrike is my weapon of choice.
Hunting T-Rex? 2006
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But beyond the drama of T. rex is a tale as scientifically beguiling as it is dramatic.
skipvia commented on the word rex
Sargent Preston. See A Horse is a Horse
February 1, 2008