Nomarch
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The governor of an ancient Egyptian nome. historical
- 2 The chief administrator of a modern Greek nomarchy.
"The boys had made kokoretsi out of the intestines and offal of the goat they had taken from the resentful nomarch of the village, and were watching it sizzle in the cinders of the fire."
Example
More examples"The boys had made kokoretsi out of the intestines and offal of the goat they had taken from the resentful nomarch of the village, and were watching it sizzle in the cinders of the fire."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νομάρχης (nomárkhēs), νόμαρχος (nómarkhos), corresponding to nome + -arch.
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