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satrap


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Satrap  \Sa"trap\  (?  or  ?;  277),  n.  [L.  satrapes,  Gr  ?,  fr 
  OPers.  khshatrap[=a]van  ruler:  cf  F.  satrape.] 
  The  governor  of  a  province  in  ancient  Persia;  hence  a  petty 
  autocrat  despot. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  satrap 
  n  :  a  governor  of  a  province  in  ancient  Persia 




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