Nomarch

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The governor of an ancient Egyptian nome. historical
  2. 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

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"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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