satrap

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satrap - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

satrap - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  satrap
      n 1: a governor of a province in ancient Persia