Satrap
['sætræp] or ['setrɪp]
Definition
(n.) The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.
Editor: Samantha
Definition
n. a Persian viceroy or ruler of one of the greater provinces:—fem. Sā′trapess.—adjs. Sat′rapal relating to a satrap or to a satrapy; Sā′trap-crowned crested like the golden-crested wren of North America.—n. Sat′rapy the government of a satrap.
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Examples
- His son and successor, Xerxes, turned first to Egypt and set up a Persian satrap there; then for four years he prepared a second attack upon Greece. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If you never touched a pistol, try the feel of it now, great satrap of Egypt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bessus, the satrap of Bactria, they made their leader. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already noted the name of King Porus whom, in spite of his elephants, Alexander defeated and turned into a satrap. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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