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ethnarch

noun
eth·​narch | \ ˈethËŒnärk\
plural -s

Definition of ethnarch

: the governor of a province or people (as of the Byzantine Empire) the ethnarch of Cyprus

First Known Use of ethnarch

1602, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for ethnarch

Greek ethnarchēs ruler of a tribe or nation, from ethnos nation + -archēs, from archos ruler

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