ethnarch

noun

eth·​narch

ˈethˌnärk

plural -s

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

the ethnarch of Cyprus

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above

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