alabarch

noun

al·​a·​barch

ˈa-lə-ˌbärk

plural -s

: the chief magistrate of the Jews at Alexandria under the Ptolemies and the Roman Empire

Word History

Etymology

Latin alabarches, from Greek alabarchēs, alteration of arabarchēs, from Arabia + Greek -archēs -arch

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined above

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