Rex

¹

[reks]

noun

1. a Belgian fascist party founded in 1935.

Rex

²

[reks]

noun

1. a male given name.

rex

³

[reks, reks]

noun

Latin.

plural

reges 

1. king.

Rex

/ rɛks /

noun

1. king: part of the official title of a king, now used chiefly in documents, legal proceedings, inscriptions on coins, etc Compare Regina 1

Other Word Forms

• Rexist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rex¹

After Christus Rex, title of a publication put out by its founders

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rex¹

Latin

Example Sentences

One morning before school, Rex, aged nine, ate a hot cross bun.

From BBC

They booked an impromptu camping trip with their boys Gray and Rex.

From BBC

Their middle-school classmates include a ghost, a cloud, a banana, an ice cream cone, a daisy, a balloon, a cactus, a T. Rex and a flying eyeball.

From Los Angeles Times

“A team in Long Beach is a chance to show what makes Long Beach great: our diversity, our passion and our community spirit,” Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

His big break came in 1965 when the composer Stravinsky asked him to sing his opera Oedipus Rex in Athens.

From BBC

Related Words

• czar 
• emperor 
• king 
• monarch