Thesaurus results for PHARAOH

pharaoh

noun

ˈfer-(ˌ)ō

as in dictator

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way like some pharaoh of a third-world country, more interested in building monuments to himself than in creating a future for his people

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Recent Examples of pharaoh The pharaoh had fallen ill, and documents that survived to the present day said a physician cured the ailment of his nostrils. —

Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025 Disease, pestilence and death: Has unsealing King Tut's tomb unleashed an ancient curse? Fox Nation's 'Tales of Terror: The Curse of King Tut' unravels the media frenzy that came on the heels of uncovering the Egyptian pharaoh's ancient tomb and the devastation that followed. —

Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024 Participants in Passover Seders imagine that they themselves were freed from the pharaoh’s yoke. —

Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 Inside was a trove of riches from Tutankhamun, a pharaoh from Egypt’s New Kingdom (around 1550 to 1070 B.C.E.) who had been largely forgotten by history. —

Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pharaoh