dux bellorum

English

Etymology

From Latin dux (leader) + bellum (battle, war).

Noun

dux bellorum (plural duces bellorum)

A war leader or warlord
- 1988, William Manchester, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. 2, page 506
  The desperate kings turned to a dux bellorum -- no monarch, but in those times something far more prestigious: a military commander of great gifts and courage […]

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