ethnarch

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ethnarch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ethnarch \Eth"narch\, n. [Gr. ?; ? nation + ? leader, commander.
     See -arch.] (Gr. Antiq.)
     The governor of a province or people. --Lew Wallace.
     [1913 Webster]

ethnarch - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ethnarch
      n 1: the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and
           Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular
           authority; "the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave
           him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus"