What does rex mean?

Definitions for rex
rɛks; Eng. rɛks; ˈrɛ gɛs; Eng. ˈri dʒizrex

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rex.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. king, male monarch, Rexnoun

    a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

Wiktionary

  1. rexnoun

    An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.

  2. Rexnoun

    coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king", rarely bestowed on children today.

  3. Rexnoun

    A popular name for a dog.

  4. Etymology: From the rex, referring originally to rabbits of King Albert of Belgium. Entered English around 1920.

ChatGPT

  1. rex

    In Latin, "rex" translates to "king." It is often used as a given name or nickname and in the classification of various animal and plant species. Additionally, "Rex" is commonly used in literature, films, and other media to denote a character with a strong, dominant, or authoritative personality.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rexnoun

    a king

  2. Etymology: [L.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rex

    reks, n. a king.—Play rex (obs.), to handle roughly. [L.; cf. Sans. rājan, Gael. righ.]

Rap Dictionary

  1. rexnoun

    Rex A section of the city that is known for guns,drugs and violance a part of town which is home to many Crips sets with guns. See Rexdale

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. REX

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rex is ranked #5975 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rex surname appeared 5,758 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Rex.

    90.5% or 5,215 total occurrences were White.
    3.4% or 201 total occurrences were Black.
    3% or 178 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 87 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 56 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.3% or 21 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rex in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rex in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of rex in a Sentence

  1. Steve Brusatte:

    Ancestors of the T. rex would have looked a whole lot like Timurlengia.

  2. Steve Brusatte:

    Only after these ancestral Tyrannosaurs evolved their clever brains and sharp senses did they grow into the colossal sizes of T. rex, tyrannosaurs had to get smart before they got big.

  3. Dwayne Johnson:

    I got a T-Rex skull. That’s Stan. As a matter of fact, so Stan was the most complete T. Rex skull ever found by a paleontologist, a young paleontologist and his name was Stan. So, this T. Rex head was named after him, pretty cool and bad a** isn’t it?

  4. Knox News:

    Sandy Blankenships pictured with Sandy Blankenships daughter husband, Rex. ( Courtesy of Sandy Blankenships daughter) A family member of another resident took to Facebook to describe staff members work against the virus as fighting a fire you cant see.

  5. Hollie McKay/Fox News -RRB- Ramadan:

    I like Rex Tillerson because I like Rex Tillerson character.

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