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• noun
A reigning king or male monarch, especially used in official royal titles, signatures, inscriptions, and British or Commonwealth legal citations for the Crown.
"The ancient stone monument bore a Latin inscription honoring the reigning rex of the realm."
A breed or genetic variety of domestic rabbit, cat, or guinea pig characterized by a genetic mutation that produces a soft, velvety, wavy, or plush coat lacking projecting guard hairs.
"The breeder entered a champion rex with a remarkably plush, velvety coat in the regional rabbit show."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed directly from Latin rex (genitive regis), meaning 'king' or 'ruler', from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃reǵ- ('to straighten, direct, or rule'). The animal breed sense arose in 1919 in France when a rabbit breeder named a short-haired, plush-coated mutation Castorrex ('beaver king').