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'''''Dux''''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ʌ|k|s|,_|d|ʊ|k|s}}, {{plural form}}: ''ducēs'') is [[Latin]] for "leader" (from the noun ''dux, ducis'', "leader, general") and later for [[duke]] and its variant forms ([[Doge (title)|doge]], [[duce]], etc.). During the [[Roman Republic]] and for the first centuries of the [[Roman Empire]], ''dux'' could refer to anyone who commanded troops, both Roman generals and foreign leaders, but was not a formal military rank.